Bible Dictionary: Revenge: Punishment For

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Ezekiel 25:15-17
Thus said the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred;
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Amos 1:11,12
Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever:
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Of the Justice of the Punishment with which Our First Parents were ...
... as we of our body's; and therefore what we did was no punishment to Him ... was defined
by the ancients as nothing else than the lust of revenge; [740] although ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 15 of the justice of.htm

Whether the Philosopher Suitably Assigns the Species of Anger?
... iv, 5) that "ill-tempered" or "stern" persons "are those whose anger is not appeased
without revenge, or punishment." Now this also pertains to the ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the philosopher suitably assigns.htm

Whether the Blessed Rejoice in the Punishment of the Wicked?
... the blessed nowise rejoice in the punishment of the damned. On the contrary, It
is written (Ps.57:11): "The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge.". ...
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Fulfilling of the Law in the Higher Sense. --Particular Examples ...
... But the law of Christ so completely shuts out the desire of revenge, that it creates ...
we should then have to look for a gradation in the punishment, which, again ...
/.../section 155 fulfilling of the.htm

Luke x. The Latter Part of the 25Th Verse.
... a most reasonable Condition of his own Forgiveness; or to expect that God should
forgive Him, whilst He breathes nothing but Revenge, and Punishment, for every ...
/.../sermon v luke x the.htm

Whether by Divine Justice an Eternal Punishment is Inflicted on ...
... He is for ever unappeased by the punishment of the wicked." Secondly, they are useful ...
57:12): "The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge," etc., and ...
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Whether the Aforesaid virtues are Parts of Temperance?
... inward disposition, so that he does not exercise his power of inflicting punishment. ...
of the soul in exercising the power of taking revenge." This moderation of ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the aforesaid virtues are.htm

How Jehu was Anointed King, and Slew Both Joram and Ahaziah; as ...
... to his destroying the house of Ahab, and that he might revenge the blood ... the false
prophets, nor the priests of Ahab's god, might escape punishment, he caught ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 6 how jehu was.htm

Whether Vengeance is Lawful?
... Objection 3: Further, vengeance is taken by inflicting punishment, which is the
cause of ... a man is said to avenge himself when he takes revenge for wrongs ...
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Chapter xx.
... in that case where restitution cannot be made, a compensation in revenge is usually ...
own (which has no existence) should be soothed by the punishment of another ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/our lords sermon on the mount/chapter xx.htm

Subtopics

Revenge by James and John

Revenge by Jezebel

Revenge by Joab

Revenge by Samson

Revenge by Simeon and Levi

Revenge by the Chief Priests