Job 21:31

Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides; for the day of their calamity is at hand. Their doom rushes at them.”

Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

For we know him who said, “Vengeance belongs to me;” says the Lord, “I will repay.” Again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he will also cry out, but shall not be heard.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

But if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,

The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.

You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

“Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?

“Or who has first given to him, and it will be repaid to him again?”

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;

“ ‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven, the heaven of heavens, and the earth, with all that is therein.

David said, “As Yahweh lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

Therefore Yahweh says: “Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea, and make her fountain dry.

Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.

gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control perseverance; and in perseverance godliness;

Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God?

“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife. It is your brother’s nakedness.

“ ‘If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is an impurity. He has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They shall be childless.

and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay him to his face.

Rejoice, you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will take vengeance on his adversaries, and will make atonement for his land and for his people.

May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you.

Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives that you have taken captive from your brothers, for the fierce wrath of Yahweh is on you.”

Yahweh, you God to whom vengeance belongs, you God to whom vengeance belongs, shine out.

He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

According to their deeds, he will repay as appropriate, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; he will repay the islands their due.

Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.

So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.

“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you.”

for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

for “the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.”

that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity!”

They resisted Uzziah the king, and said to him, “It isn’t for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary, for you have trespassed. It will not be for your honor from Yahweh God.”

If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?

Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.

Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very stormy around him.

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.

How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice. Righteousness lodged in her, but now there are murderers.

“I have been silent a long time. I have been quiet and restrained myself. Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.

I was angry with my people. I profaned my inheritance and gave them into your hand. You showed them no mercy. You laid a very heavy yoke on the aged.

“For I, Yahweh, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity. I will give them their reward in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

“Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will repay, yes, I will repay into their bosom,

“In those days they will say no more, “ ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’

Therefore Yahweh says: “You have not listened to me, to proclaim liberty, every man to his brother, and every man to his neighbor. Behold, I proclaim to you a liberty,” says Yahweh, “to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine. I will make you be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your tranquility.”

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap according to kindness. Break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Yahweh, until he comes and rains righteousness on you.

They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.

But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

For the day of Yahweh is near all the nations! As you have done, it will be done to you. Your deeds will return upon your own head.

Therefore Yahweh says: “Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks, neither will you walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.

You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,

“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.

If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;

Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

But when Peter came to Antioch, I resisted him to his face, because he stood condemned.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

I command you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at his appearing and his Kingdom:

Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his deeds,

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”, lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

Let’s fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.

of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.

Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

You say, ‘God lays up his iniquity for his children.’ Let him recompense it to himself, that he may know it.

Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.

You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.

transgressing and denying Yahweh, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.

For John said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.