Numbers 25:17-18
17 a“Harass the Midianites and strike them down, 18for they have harassed you with their bwiles, with which they beguiled you in the matter of cPeor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the chief of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague on account of Peor.”Numbers 31:3
3So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the Lord’s vengeance on Midian.Deuteronomy 32:35
35 dVengeance is mine, and recompense, ▼▼Septuagint and I will repay
ffor the time when their foot shall slip;
for gthe day of their calamity is at hand,
and their doom comes swiftly.’
Judges 16:24
24And when the people saw him, hthey praised their god. For they said, “Our god has given our enemy into our hand, the ravager of our country, who has killed many of us.” ▼▼Or who has multiplied our slain
Judges 16:28-30
28Then Samson called to the Lord and said, “O Lord God, jplease remember me and please strengthen me only this once, O God, that I may be avenged on the Philistines for my two eyes.” 29And Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and he leaned his weight against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other. 30And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he bowed with all his strength, and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he had killed during his life.Psalms 94:1-3
The Lord Will Not Forsake His People
1 O Lord, God of kvengeance,O God of vengeance, lshine forth!
2 mRise up, O njudge of the earth;
repay to the oproud what they deserve!
3O Lord, phow long shall the wicked,
how long shall qthe wicked exult?
Isaiah 1:24
24 Therefore the rLord declares,the Lord of hosts,
the sMighty One of Israel:
“Ah, I will get relief from my enemies
tand avenge myself on my foes.
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