Is revenge an intrisic part of the desire for justice?

Question

And is revenge positive in any way? What good is justice?

Answer 1

That's not God's desire and it isn't mine.

Answer 2

Revenge has no real place in the desire for justice. Revenge is to appease selfishness. There is a positive in everything if you look in the right places. Revenge is positive in the fact that it can CALM someone's negative view of 'injustice', even though it doesn't make it right, it at least calms them down. They might still be a ranting maniac but at least they'd stop ranting for a little while.
Revenge can imply balance. If someone hurts someone they don't feel right until that person is hurting too. Tit for Tat. It's a big neverending hurtful circle, hopefully you're not the type to get sucked in to revenge.
IF our justice system was good and fair, which for the most part it is, then to anwer 'what good is justice', I'd have to say justice is good to keep us safe. No bad peoples hurting me.

Answer 3

Not sure the exact definition. But justice is striving for what is right. Its not always revenge but more of people paying consequences for their actions. Example is our country has laws that we call the justice system. We put a criminal in jail, that is not revenge but a pre-determined consequence for an action.

Answer 4

The object of justice is the preservation of an orderly society. It accomplishes this by protecting individual rights so that individuals will not have to seek revenge. Sometimes justice brings a feeling of relief; sometimes it doesn't.

Answer 5

I forget whose theory it is, but someone suggested that revenge is necessary because by demonstrating their mutual condemnation of a criminal, a society is brought closer together. There's probably something to that.
But revenge is an entirely separate concept from justice.

Answer 6

The short answer is: no, but people often mistake revenge for justice.

Answer 7

Justice only makes the victims feel a little better.

Answer 8

It is coming from your flesh/humanity. Justice can only be served by God (Romans 12:9 NIV). If we forgive our transgressors and release them to God under His "care" (eternal judgment if they continue to deny/rebel or legal divine counsel if they repent now), He will take care of the Justice part. He just wants us to serve Him and do His will according to His Word. Because of our humanity, we will toil over it, but He expects us to "stretch ourselves" or inner spirit to produce positive fruit instead of respond with bad deeds (this is what the old english word "wrath" means).

Answer 9

Justice, as retaliation, perpetrates hatred (sin).
Justice, as adulterated (corrupt) education, perpetrates exploitation, confusion, and disease(sin).
Justice, as unadulterated education, protects against and diminishes hatred (love).
False justice is retaliation and adulterated, corrupt teachings and traditions.
True justice is unadulterated education, along with properly guided experience.

Answer 10

The bible teaches revenge. In Egypt, they turned their backs on god. Instead of punishing those that did this, he instead killed their first born children.

Answer 11

It's part of human nature.