Revenge

How Nave’s arranged it

• ForbiddenLeviticus 19:18Proverbs 24:29Romans 12:17Romans 12:191 Thessalonians 5:151 Peter 3:9
• Jesus an example of forbearing1 Peter 2:23
• Rebuked by JesusLuke 9:54Luke 9:55
• Inconsistent with the will of ChristLuke 9:55
• Proceeds from a spiteful heartEzekiel 25:15
• Punishment forEzekiel 25:15–17Amos 1:11Amos 1:12
• EXEMPLIFIED
• By Simeon and LeviGenesis 34:25
• By SamsonJudges 15:7Judges 15:8Judges 16:28–30
• By Joab2 Samuel 3:27
• By Absalom2 Samuel 13:23–29
• By Jezebel1 Kings 19:2

The passages, in Bible order (25)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 34:25

   Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 34:251 voice

   “(Verse 25) And they entered the city diligently, and they killed every male. Because it is read in Greek as ἀσφαλὼς, which means diligently: it is written in Hebrew as Bete (), which means boldly and confidently.

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2. Leviticus 19:18

   Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 19:181 voice

   “For since it is written in the law: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," he is proven to love his neighbor less who does not share with him even those things necessary to himself in his neighbor's time of need. Therefore the precept is given about dividing two tunics with one's neighbor, because this could not be said of one tunic, since if one is divided, no one is clothed. For with half a tunic, both he who receives remains naked and he who gave remains naked.

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3. Judges 15:7

   And Samson told them, “Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you.”

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   “And Samson said unto them,....

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4. Judges 15:8

   And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.

   ›Commentary on Judges 15:81 voice

   “And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter,....

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5. Judges 16:28–30

   Then Samson called out to the LORD: “O Lord GOD, please remember me. Strengthen me, O God, just once more, so that with one vengeful blow I may pay back the Philistines for my two eyes.”

   ›Commentary on Judges 16:28–302 voices

   “But in process of time his hair began to grow again; and on the occasion of a great feast Samson is brought out of prison to the assembly of the Philistines, and set in sight of the people. There were nearly three thousand in number, men and women; and they insulted him with bitter reproaches, and carried him about in mockery, a trial harder to be borne than the very reality of captivity by a man conscious of innate power. For to live and die is natural, to be a laughing stock is counted a disgrace.

   “And Samson called unto the Lord,....

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6. 2 Samuel 3:27

   When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.

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   “And when Abner was returned to Hebron,....

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7. 2 Samuel 13:23–29

   Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king.

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 13:23–291 voice

   “And it came to pass after two full years,....

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8. 1 Kings 19:2

   So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like the lives of those you killed!”

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 19:21 voice

   "Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, 'So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.' " The insane woman contemplated that after learning from …

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9. 1 Kings 22:27

   and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 22:271 voice

   “And say, thus saith the king, put this fellow in prison,....

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10. Esther 3:8–15

    Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

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11. Proverbs 24:29

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

    ›Commentary on Proverbs 24:291 voice

    “Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me,.... He has falsely accused and reproached me, and bore a false testimony, or suborned false witnesses against me, and I will do the same to him, now an opportunity serves; but as private revenge itself is sinful, so especially when it is pursued in a wicked way; I will render to the man according to his work; this should be left to the Lord, whose prerogative it is; see Pro 24:19.

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12. Ezekiel 25:12

    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt,

    ›Commentary on Ezekiel 25:121 voice

    “(Vers. 12, 13, et seqq.) Thus says the Lord God: Because Edom has acted vengefully against the children of Judah and has incurred guilt by taking vengeance upon them, therefore thus says the Lord God: I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it man and beast. I will make it a desolation from Teman, and Dedan shall fall by the sword.

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13. Ezekiel 25:15

    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, taking vengeance with malice of soul to destroy Judah with ancient hostility,

    ›Commentary on Ezekiel 25:151 voice

    “(Vers. 15, 16.) Thus says the Lord God: Because the Philistines acted in vengeance, and took revenge with wholehearted malice, and filled ancient enmities; therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will destroy the killers and annihilate the remnants of the coastal region. And I will inflict great vengeance upon them in furious rebukes, and they will know that I am the Lord when I execute my vengeance upon them.

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14. Amos 1:11

    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Edom, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because he pursued his brother with the sword and stifled all compassion; his anger raged continually, and his fury flamed incessantly.

    ›Commentary on Amos 1:111 voice

    “(Ver. 11 and following) Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke my judgment; Because he pursued his brother with the sword, and violated all pity, and his anger tore at them constantly, and he kept his wrath to the end. I will send fire into Teman, and it will consume the fortresses of Bozrah.

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15. Amos 1:12

    So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”

    ›Commentary on Amos 1:122 voices

    “(Ver. 11 and following) Thus says the Lord: For three crimes of Edom, and for four, I will not revoke my judgment; Because he pursued his brother with the sword, and violated all pity, and his anger tore at them constantly, and he kept his wrath to the end. I will send fire into Teman, and it will consume the fortresses of Bozrah.

    “But I will send a fire upon Teman,.... A principal city of Edom or Idumea, so called from Teman a grandson of Esau, Gen 36:11. Jerom (x) says there was in his time a village called Theman, five miles distant from the city Petra, and had a Roman garrison; and so says Eusebius (y); who places it in Arabia Petraea; it is put for the whole country; it signifies the south.

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16. Mark 6:19–24

    So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,

    ›Commentary on Mark 6:19–241 voice

    “(ubi sup.) For Herodias was afraid, lest Herod should repent at some time, or be reconciled to his brother Philip, and so the unlawful marriage be divorced. It goes on, For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man, and an holy.

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