Quotes about Revenge
Wage of rage of revenge ain't worth it. What's the point of being enslaved by a slave?
— Anonymous
Ostin suddenly nodded. "Oh, I get it. It's payback. Let her stew in her own juices. Awesome.
— Richard Paul Evans
Forgiveness is abandoning your right to revenge.
— Desmond Tutu
But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
— Judges 9:53
Where are the unwise, who are not only impatient but plot revenge day and night? But why? Because they do not see how great is the damage of those who have not kept the law of the Lord, therefore they have no sympathy with them but also themselves depart from the law of God through anger and impatience.
— Martin Luther
burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.
— Exodus 21:25
But Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, spoke up: “My lord must not think they have killed all the sons of the king, for only Amnon is dead. In fact, Absalom has planned this since the day Amnon violated his sister Tamar.
— 2 Samuel 13:32
If I murmur in the least at affliction, if I am in any way uncharitable, if I revenge my own case, if I do anything purely to please myself or omit anything because it is a great denial, if I trust myself, if I take any praise for any good which Christ does by me, or if I am in any way proud, I shall act as my own and not God's.
— Jonathan Edwards
Revenge, at first though sweet, bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
— John Milton
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.”
— Romans 12:19
Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
— Leviticus 19:18
Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is lo
— Martin Luther King, Jr.