Matthew 26:52

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.”

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

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

Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.

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

I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they will be drunk on their own blood, as with sweet wine. Then all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.

God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.

“ ‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.

bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

So then, as we have opportunity, let’s do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

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.

We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

The nations were angry, and your wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and those who fear your name, to the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,

“ ‘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.

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.

It will be accomplished before his time. His branch will not be green.

You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, God.

that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

The fear of Yahweh prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

Don’t be too wicked, neither be foolish. Why should you die before your time?

Woe to you who destroy, but you weren’t destroyed, and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betrayal, you will be betrayed.

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.

Yahweh said to him, “Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

May the Lord make you to increase and abound in love toward one another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you,

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

Here is the perseverance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered with great amazement.

If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times.”

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

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.

Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women!” Then Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.

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

Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.

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

Let his days be few. Let another take his office.

I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.

Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.

Kill utterly the old man, the young man, the virgin, little children and women; but don’t come near any man on whom is the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.” Then they began at the old men who were before the house.

came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

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.”

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Not that I have already obtained, or am already made perfect; but I press on, that I may take hold of that for which also I was taken hold of by Christ Jesus.

In her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on the earth.”

“ ‘So you shall not pollute the land where you live; for blood pollutes the land. No atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.

For, behold, Yahweh comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.

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.

With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men who are made in the image of God.

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

Another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a great voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand,

The smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.

Yahweh said to him, “Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, so that anyone finding him would not strike him.

Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised me, and have taken Uriah the Hittite’s wife to be your wife.’

Then Yahweh commanded the angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath.

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

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.

After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some people after him. He also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good for one another and for all.

For they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this.”