Quotes about Retaliation
And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.
— Acts 7:24
Ostin suddenly nodded. "Oh, I get it. It's payback. Let her stew in her own juices. Awesome.
— Richard Paul Evans
Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
— Deuteronomy 25:17
Forgiveness always comes at a cost to the one granting the forgiveness. To not retaliate is to absorb the cost.
— Timothy Keller
An eye for an eye leaves everybody blind.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.
— Exodus 21:25
Jesus, the Son of God, "did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.
— Anne Graham Lotz
Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
— Genesis 4:23
But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—
— Exodus 21:23
Revenge, at first though sweet, bitter ere long back on itself recoils.
— John Milton
The man who seeks revenge is like the man who shoots himself in order to hit his enemy with the kick of the gun's recoil.
— Tim LaHaye
At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.
— John 10:31