Retaliation
30 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
10 sections
David on Joab
- 1 Kings 2:5–6 Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me— what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with …
David on Michal
- 2 Samuel 6:21–23 But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD, …
David on Shimei
- 1 Kings 2:8–9 Keep an eye on Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim who is with you. He called down bitter curses against me on the day I went to Mahanaim, but when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD: …
General Scriptures Concerning
- Exodus 21:23–25 But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life — …
- 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.
- Leviticus 24:17–22 And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death. …
- Deuteronomy 19:19–21 you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you. …
- Psalm 10:2 In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.
- Proverbs 20:22 Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.
- 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.”
- Proverbs 26:27 He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
- Isaiah 33:1 Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
- Matthew 5:38–44 You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ …
- Matthew 7:1–2 “Do not judge, or you will be judged. …
- Luke 9:52–56 He sent messengers on ahead, who went into a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him. …
- Romans 12:17 Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
- Romans 12:19 Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
- 1 Corinthians 6:7–8 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? …
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15 Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
- 1 Peter 3:9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
Gideon on the Princes of Succoth
- Judges 8:7 “Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”
- Judges 8:13–16 After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres. …
Jews on the Chaldeans
- Esther 9:1 On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews …
Joab on Abner
- 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.
- 2 Samuel 3:30 (Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)
Penuel
- Judges 8:8 From there he went up to Penuel and asked the same from them, but the men of Penuel gave the same response as the men of Succoth.
- Judges 8:17 He also pulled down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
The Israelites on the Amalekites
- Deuteronomy 25:17–19 Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt, …
- 1 Samuel 15:1–9 Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD. …
The Kings of Midian
- Judges 8:18–21 Next, Gideon asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “What kind of men did you kill at Tabor?” “Men like you,” they answered, “each one resembling the son of a king.” …
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.