The Lord is a zealous and avenging God; the Lord is avenging and very angry. The Lord takes vengeance against his foes; he sustains his rage against his enemies.

“If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she dies as a result of the blow, he will surely be punished.

“This is what the sovereign Lord says: ‘Edom has taken vengeance against the house of Judah; they have made themselves fully culpable by taking vengeance on them.

If Cain is to be avenged seven times as much, then Lamech seventy-seven times!”

before the vindictive enemy who ridicules and insults me.

However, if the injured servant survives one or two days, the owner will not be punished, for he has suffered the loss.

You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

“Exact vengeance for the Israelites on the Midianites – after that you will be gathered to your people.”

Samson said to them, “Because you did this, I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting.”

May the Lord judge between the two of us, and may the Lord vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.

From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy.

O Lord our God, you answered them. They found you to be a forgiving God, but also one who punished their sinful deeds.

Therefore, the sovereign Lord who commands armies, the powerful ruler of Israel, says this: “Ah, I will seek vengeance against my adversaries, I will take revenge against my enemies.

To arouse anger, to take vengeance, I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.

But the Lord said to him, “All right then, if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” Then the Lord put a special mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down.

I will bring on you an avenging sword, a covenant vengeance. Although you will gather together into your cities, I will send pestilence among you and you will be given into enemy hands.

Cry out, O nations, with his people, for he will avenge his servants’ blood; he will take vengeance against his enemies, and make atonement for his land and people.

You will destroy the family of your master Ahab. I will get revenge against Jezebel for the shed blood of my servants the prophets and for the shed blood of all the Lord’s servants.

A copy of the edict was to be presented as law throughout each and every province and made known to all peoples, so that the Jews might be prepared on that day to avenge themselves from their enemies.

I will surely punish them for doing such things!” says the Lord. “I will surely bring retribution on such a nation as this!”