Quotes about Retribution
for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who rob them.
— Proverbs 22:23
He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making.
— Psalm 7:15
and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.
— Judges 14:20
a perfectly just God must punish bad deeds regardless of how many good ones someone has performed.
— Norman Geisler
Thus King Joash failed to remember the kindness that Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had extended to him. Instead, Joash killed Jehoiada’s son. As he lay dying, Zechariah said, “May the LORD see this and call you to account.”
— 2 Chronicles 24:22
Let men see what's coming to them, and women will get what's coming to them.
— Mae West
So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,
— Numbers 31:17
But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.
— Psalm 41:10
This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.
— Jeremiah 51:1
you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.
— Deuteronomy 19:19
O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.
— Psalm 99:8
As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’
— Ezekiel 5:10