Bible Dictionary: Revenge: Instead of Taking, we should Exercise Forbearance

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Matthew 5:38-41
You have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
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Sunday after Ascension Day
... taking one drink too much, or of taking a stimulant ... Thus we become enemies to one
another instead of to ... Again, true love does not pale with hatred and revenge. ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol ii/sunday after ascension day.htm

That the Fast of Lent is not Sufficient to Make us Competent to ...
... cruelest and harshest of men, yet upon taking a survey ... too, inasmuch as thou hast
taken thy revenge; and not ... for that word, lying upon his mouth instead of a ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/chrysostom/on the priesthood/homily xx that the fast.htm

Colossians iii. 17
... enemies those works of hatred and revenge which in ... well believe; and a general election,
instead of calling ... system, as harmonizing with them, or taking them up ...
/.../arnold/the christian life/lecture xxxix colossians iii 17.htm

Letter cxxxiii. (AD 412. )
... rather that justice be satisfied without the taking of their ... fell at length a victim
to their revenge when a ... the office and work of teaching, instead of being ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter cxxxiii a d 412.htm

Regeneration by Faith. Of Repentance.
... These have their origin in that revenge of which Paul ... so much so, that some good
men taking offense at ... of the brothers, when Jacob was selected instead of Esau ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 3 regeneration by faith.htm

Concerning Salutations and Recreations, &C.
... occasion enough to employ it, neither in taking care for ... of oaths; but by what means
shall we infallibly know ... last thing to be considered, is revenge and war ...
/.../proposition xv concerning salutations and.htm

Paul's Departure and Crown;
... and thou wilt do as Naaman the Syrian, despise, instead of obeying ... 'By taking heed
thereto ... The treasure that here our Lord commands we should with diligence lay ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/pauls departure and crown.htm

An Analysis of Augustin's Writings against the Donatists.
... who interrupted the debate; all attempts at taking notes were ... the purgation of Felix
after instead of before ... he deprecates any spirit of revenge, and pleads ...
/.../chapter ii name analysis of.htm

The Greatness of the Soul,
... about their denying of themselves, their taking up their ... is so abused, and made to
exercise its force ... with mortal flesh); not for that we should be unclothed ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the greatness of the soul.htm

Conditions of Being Saved
... maintained such a spirit of resistance and revenge, that they ... But taking Christ's
yoke as it really is, it ... Doing the will of Christ, instead of their own, is a ...
/.../finney/sermons on gospel themes/x conditions of being saved.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