Quotes about Revenge
But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
— Genesis 34:13
But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
— Genesis 34:31
Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
— Genesis 37:18
“Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”
— Genesis 37:20
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
— Exodus 21:24
burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.
— Exodus 21:25
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
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.
— Leviticus 24:20
“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
— Numbers 31:2
You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
— Deuteronomy 19:21
But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
— Judges 9:53
Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.
— Judges 15:5