(NIV)
If Cain is avenged seven times,
then Lamech seventy-seven times.’
If Cain’s revenge is
sevenfold,
then
Lamech’s is
seventy-
sevenfold.”
(NIV)
‘“Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbour as yourself. I am the
Lord.
You shall
not take
vengeance or bear a
grudge against the
sons of your own
people, but
you shall
love your
neighbor as
yourself:
I am the
Lord.
(NIV)
Samson said to them, ‘Since you’ve acted like this, I swear that I won’t stop until I get my revenge on you.’
And
Samson said to them, “
If this is what you
do, I swear I will be
avenged on you, and
after that I will
quit.”
(NIV)
Then Samson prayed to the
Lord, ‘Sovereign
Lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge on the Philistines for my two eyes.’
Then
Samson called to the
Lord and
said, “O
Lord God,
please remember me and
please strengthen me
only this once, O
God, that I may be
avenged on the
Philistines for my
two eyes.”
(NIV)
Saul replied, ‘Say to David, “The king wants no other price for the bride than a hundred Philistine foreskins, to take revenge on his enemies.”’ Saul’s plan was for David to fall by the hands of the Philistines.
Then
Saul said, “
Thus shall you
say to
David, ‘The
king desires no bride-price except a
hundred foreskins of the
Philistines,
that he may be
avenged of the
king’s enemies.’” Now
Saul thought to make
David fall by the
hand of the
Philistines.
(NIV)
at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me,
because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.
at the
sound of the
taunter and
reviler,
at the
sight of the
enemy and the
avenger.
(NIV)
For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury,
and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.
For jealousy makes a
man furious,
and he will
not spare when he
takes revenge.
(NIV)
I hear many whispering,
‘Terror on every side!
Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!’
All my friends
are waiting for me to slip, saying,
‘Perhaps he will be deceived;
then we will prevail over him
and take our revenge on him.’
For I
hear many whispering.
Terror is on every
side!
“
Denounce him! Let us
denounce him!”
say
all my
close friends,
watching for my
fall.
“
Perhaps he will be
deceived;
then we
can overcome him
and
take our
revenge on him.”
(NIV)
To stir up wrath and take revenge
I put her blood on the bare rock,
so that it would not be covered.
To rouse my
wrath, to
take vengeance, I have
set on the
bare rock the
blood she has shed, that it may
not be
covered.
(NIV)
‘This is what the Sovereign
Lord says: “Because Edom took revenge on Judah and became very guilty by doing so,
“
Thus says the
Lord God:
Because Edom acted revengefully against the
house of
Judah and has
grievously offended in
taking vengeance on
them,
(NIV)
‘This is what the Sovereign
Lord says: “Because the Philistines acted in vengeance and took revenge with malice in their hearts, and with ancient hostility sought to destroy Judah,
“
Thus says the
Lord God:
Because the
Philistines acted revengefully and
took vengeance with malice of
soul to
destroy in
never-ending enmity,
(NIV)
Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: ‘It is mine to avenge; I will repay,’ says the Lord.
Beloved,
never avenge yourselves,
but leave it to the
wrath of God,
for it is
written,
“
Vengeance is
mine,
I will
repay,
says the
Lord.”
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