Romans 12:19

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Cross References

Proverbs 20:22

Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will help you.

Proverbs 24:29

Do not say, “I will do to others as they have done to me; I will pay them back for what they have done.”

Jeremiah 51:36

Therefore thus says the Lord: I am going to defend your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her sea and make her fountain dry,

Ezekiel 25:12

Thus says the Lord God: Because Edom acted revengefully against the house of Judah and has grievously offended in taking vengeance upon them,

Leviticus 19:18

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

Matthew 5:39

But I say to you: Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also,

Romans 12:14

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

Romans 12:17

Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all.

Romans 13:4

for it is God’s agent for your good. But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid, for the authority does not bear the sword in vain! It is the agent of God to execute wrath on the wrongdoer.

Ephesians 4:27

and do not make room for the devil.

Deuteronomy 32:35

for the day of vengeance and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip? Because the day of their calamity is at hand; their doom comes swiftly.

Deuteronomy 32:43

Praise, O heavens, his people; worship him, all you gods! For he will avenge the blood of his children and take vengeance on his adversaries; he will repay those who hate him and cleanse the land for his people.”

1 Thessalonians 4:6

that no one wrong or exploit a brother or sister in this matter, because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, just as we have already told you beforehand and solemnly warned you.

2 Timothy 4:14

Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will pay him back for his deeds.

Hebrews 10:30

For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

1 Samuel 25:26

“Now then, my lord, as the Lord lives and as you yourself live, since the Lord has restrained you from bloodguilt and from taking vengeance with your own hand, now let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be like Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:33

Blessed be your good sense, and blessed be you, who kept me today from bloodguilt and from avenging myself by my own hand!

1 Samuel 26:10

David said, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will strike him down, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.

1 Samuel 26:11

The Lord forbid that I should raise my hand against the Lord’s anointed, but now take the spear that is at his head and the water jar, and let us go.”