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Getting Even
Romans 12:19 ESV / 60 helpful votes
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 28 helpful votes
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
Proverbs 20:22 ESV / 27 helpful votes
Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
James 1:19-20 ESV / 25 helpful votes
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
Luke 6:27-38 ESV / 24 helpful votes
“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them. …
1 Peter 3:9 ESV / 19 helpful votes
Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing.
Proverbs 12:16 ESV / 19 helpful votes
The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.
Romans 12:2 ESV / 12 helpful votes
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Isaiah 41:10 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 7 helpful votes
For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
Philippians 4:19 ESV / 7 helpful votes
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Romans 12:17-21 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Deuteronomy 32:35 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.’
1 Peter 5:7 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV / 6 helpful votes
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.
Philippians 4:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Philippians 1:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Proverbs 24:29 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done.”
Leviticus 20:13 ESV / 6 helpful votes
If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
Genesis 1:27 ESV / 6 helpful votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Isaiah 40:31 ESV / 5 helpful votes
But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 5 helpful votes
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. …
Leviticus 18:1-30 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the Lord your God. You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes. You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the Lord your God. You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord. …
James 1:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
Hebrews 4:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
2 Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Romans 8:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Mark 11:25 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
Matthew 22:34-40 ESV / 4 helpful votes
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. …
Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Isaiah 26:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
Psalm 34:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles.
1 Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!
Joshua 1:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
Genesis 19:1-38 ESV / 4 helpful votes
The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth and said, “My lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way.” They said, “No; we will spend the night in the town square.” But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house. And they called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them.” …
3 John 1:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
Hebrews 12:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
Hebrews 10:30 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”
Hebrews 4:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes
But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one.
2 Thessalonians 1:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes
In flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes
See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.
Philippians 4:12-13 ESV / 3 helpful votes
I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
Philippians 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Ephesians 6:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
Ephesians 4:32 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Ephesians 3:20-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
2 Corinthians 13:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
1 Corinthians 6:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,
1 Corinthians 6:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes
To have lawsuits at all with one another is already a defeat for you. Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?
Romans 13:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.
Romans 12:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes
If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.
Romans 12:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.
Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, …
Acts 1:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
John 16:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
John 14:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
John 1:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Luke 16:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes
He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ …
Luke 6:38 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”
Luke 6:27-28 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
Matthew 28:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Matthew 18:21-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.
Matthew 11:29 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew 11:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 6:19-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:14-15 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 5:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew 5:43-48 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? …
Matthew 5:38-39 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
Matthew 5:38 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’
Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. …
Zechariah 4:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
Habakkuk 3:19 ESV / 3 helpful votes
God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places. To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments.
Isaiah 40:29 ESV / 3 helpful votes
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
Isaiah 40:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” …
Isaiah 12:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the Lord God is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”
Proverbs 18:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes
The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.
Proverbs 3:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.
Psalm 138:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes
On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased.
Psalm 94:1-2 ESV / 3 helpful votes
O Lord, God of vengeance, O God of vengeance, shine forth! Rise up, O judge of the earth; repay to the proud what they deserve!
Psalm 73:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 71:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes
With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come; I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.
Psalm 46:1-3 ESV / 3 helpful votes
To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
Psalm 46:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes
To the choirmaster. Of the Sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 37:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 34:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes
The young lions suffer want and hunger; but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.
Psalm 27:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Leviticus 19:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes
You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.
Revelation 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
1 Peter 2:21-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes
For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
James 1:2-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
Hebrews 12:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 11:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Ephesians 1:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
Psalm 32:7-8 ESV / 2 helpful votes
You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Psalm 27:1-3 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall. Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.
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