What does the Bible have to say about vengeance. Where can I find the verse to back it up?

Question

I doing a school assignment and I don't know where to start.

Answer 1

Hello, Ashley:

Your question actually has two parts, read Isaiah 63:4 "For the day of vengeance [is] in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.

There is a legal term called retributivism--that means there is no excuse for transgrerssion, and it must meet punishment. Yet God will reward good works; in fact, when someone did something really spectacular, God often said He would bless their following generations, too.

The second part talks of redemption. You see, Ashley, God has made provision for every person on this planet to be saved. In fact, He hid a special code in the Bible that reveals the plan of redemption. It is written in a five-chapter book, readable free on-line at www.revelado.org/revealed.htm

By the way, God's vengance is short lived--there is nothing in the Bible about torturing sinners throughout eternity.

Blessings, One-way

Answer 2

Belongs to God
Psa_94:1; Rom_12:19
Instance of, sons of Jacob on Hamor and Shechem
Gen_34:20-31
The infliction of pain on another, in return for an injury or offense. Such infliction, when it proceeds from malice or more resentment, and is not necessary for the purposes of justice, is revenge, and a most heinous crime. When such infliction proceeds from a mere love of justice, and the necessity of punishing offenders for the support of the laws, it is vengeance, and is warrantable and just. In this case, vengeance is a just retribution, recompense or punishment. In this latter sense the word is used in Scripture, and frequently applied to the punishments inflicted by God on sinners.
To me belongeth vengeance and recompense. Deu 32.
The Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries. Nahum 1.
With a vengeance, in familiar language, signifies with great violence or vehemence; as, to strike one with a vengeance.
Formerly, what a vengeance, was a phrase used for what emphatical.

Answer 3

Heb.10:30;
Rom.12:19;

Answer 4

Romans 12:19
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.


IT IS NEVER RIGHT TO SEEK REVENGE. A spiritually sharp Christian will be able to avoid situations that may cause such agitation by avoiding people, places, and situations that anger a person to the point where they may break fellowship with God. When you strike back at your adversary IN THE SAME MANNER as he is attacking you, you are no better than that adversary himself. You have stooped just as low.
NEVER seek revenge. Revenge is a tool of the devil.

Answer 5

Galatians 6:7

Answer 6

Psalms 94:1

Answer 7

Vengeance IS MINE Saith The LORD!

Answer 8

1) recognizing and admitting one’s selfish anger and wrong handling of anger as sin (Proverbs 28:13; John 1:9). This confession should be both to God and to those who have been hurt by our anger. Nor should one minimize that sin by calling it “getting a little hot the other day” or by blame-shifting: “well if you wouldn’t have acted the way you did...”



2) Seeing God in the trial. This is especially important when people have done something to offend YOU specifically. James 1:2-4; Romans 8:28-29; and Genesis 50:20 all point to the fact that God is sovereign and in complete control over EVERY circumstance and person that enters your path. NOTHING happens to you that He does not cause or allow. And as all of these verses share, God is a GOOD God (Psalm 145:8,9,17) and does and allows all things in your life for your good and the good of others! Reflecting on this truth to the point of where it moves from our heads to our hearts will alter how we react to those who hurt us deeply.



3) Make room for God’s wrath. This is especially important in cases of injustices, especially when done by “evil” men to “innocent” people. Genesis 50:19 and Romans 12:19 both share that we should not play God. God is righteous and just, and we can trust Him who knows all and sees all to do justly (Genesis 18:25).



4) Do not return evil for good (Genesis 50:21; Romans 12:21). This is key to altering our anger into love. As one’s actions flow from one’s heart, so also one’s heart can be altered by one’s actions (Matthew 5:43-48)...that is, one can change one‘s feelings toward another by changing how one chooses to act toward that person.



5) Communicate to solve the problem. There are four basic rules of communication shared in Ephesians 4:15,25-32:

a) Be honest and speak (Ephesians 4:15,25). People can’t read our minds, but speak the truth IN LOVE.

b) Stay current (Ephesians 4:26-27). Don’t “sand bag,” letting the list of what is bothering you build up until the “dam busts” and you lose your temper. Dealing with and sharing what is bothering you before it gets to that point is important. Keep a short list!

c) Attack the problem, not the person (Ephesians 4:29,31). Along this line, one must keep in mind the importance of keeping the volume of one’s voice low (Proverbs 15:1). Yelling is usually a form of attack toward the person.

d) Act, don’t react (Ephesians 4:31-32). Because of our fallen nature, our “knee-jerk” reflex, our first impulse is usually a sinful one (verse 31). The time spent in counting to ten should be used to reflect upon the godly way to respond (verse 32) and to remind yourself how anger is to be used to solve problems not create bigger ones.



6) Lastly you must act to solve your part of the problem (Acts 12:18). You cannot control how others act or respond, but you can make changes that need to be made on your part. Overcoming one’s temper is not something that is usually accomplished overnight. But with reliance upon God through prayer for help, Bible study, and reliance upon God’s Holy Spirit, it can be overcome. As one has allowed anger to become entrenched in one’s life by habitual practice, one must also practice responding correctly until it too becomes a habit replacing the old ways. Here are some Proverbs that deal with the topic of anger:

Answer 9

"Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay,"says the Lord. On the contrary:
"If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head." Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:17-21

Answer 10

Romans 12;19 Is a start and there should be other scriptures around to go with it, actually the whole chapters pretty good.