Bible Verses About Revenge

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

but I--I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

and whoever is willing to take thee to law, and thy coat to take--suffer to him also the cloak.

`And whoever shall impress thee one mile, go with him two,

and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able,

for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly.

And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee,

and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, `Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,'

and he sware to her--`Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee--unto the half of my kingdom.'

And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, `What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, `The head of John the Baptist;'

`But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again, and your reward will be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest, because He is kind unto the ungracious and evil;

And his disciples James and John having seen, said, `Sir, wilt thou that we may command fire to come down from the heaven, and to consume them, as also Elijah did?'

and having turned, he rebuked them, and said, `Ye have not known of what spirit ye are;

And they having heard, were cut to the heart , and were taking counsel to slay them,

And hearing these things, they were cut to the hearts, and did gnash the teeth at him;

and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, `Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;'

And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul;

Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit;

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to the wrath, for it hath been written, `Vengeance is Mine,

I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

see no one evil for evil may render to any one, but always that which is good pursue ye, both to one another and to all;

who being reviled--was not reviling again, suffering--was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,

not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;