Quotes about Retaliation

And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.

Joab and all Israel had stayed there six months, until he had killed every male in Edom.

So the king prepared a great feast for them, and after they had finished eating and drinking, he sent them away, and they returned to their master. And the Aramean raiders did not come into the land of Israel again.

and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen and carried off many sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.

And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.

By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.

The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!

His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.

But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.