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Revenge
Nave’s Topical Bible, 1897 · source
- Forbidden Leviticus 19:18Proverbs 24:29Romans 12:17Romans 12:191 Thessalonians 5:151 Peter 3:9
- Jesus an example of forbearing 1 Peter 2:23
- Rebuked by Jesus Luke 9:54Luke 9:55
- Inconsistent with the will of Christ Luke 9:55
- Proceeds from a spiteful heart Ezekiel 25:15
- Punishment for Ezekiel 25:15–17Amos 1:11Amos 1:12
- EXEMPLIFIED
- By Simeon and Levi Genesis 34:25
- By Samson Judges 15:7Judges 15:8Judges 16:28–30
- By Joab 2 Samuel 3:27
- By Absalom 2 Samuel 13:23–29
- By Jezebel 1 Kings 19:2
- By Ahab 1 Kings 22:27
- By Haman Esther 3:8–15
- By the Edomites Ezekiel 25:12
- By the Philistines Ezekiel 25:15
- By Herodias Mark 6:19–24
- By James and John Luke 9:54
- By the chief priests Acts 7:54–59Acts 23:12
- See Retaliation