Finding Harmony In The Word

Vengeance belongs to the LORD

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Romans 12:19

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Leviticus 19:18 (King James Version)

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

Deuteronomy 32:35
To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Psalm 94:1
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.

Isaiah 35:4 (King James Version)⁴Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

Nahum 1:2 (King James Version) ²God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.

Psalm 103:9 (King James Version)

⁹He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.

Hebrews 2:8 (King James Version)

⁸Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.

Matthew 19:19 (King James Version)

¹⁹Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.Matthew 22:39

Matthew 10:34
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
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*The Levitical priests were to judge (the ones to institute judgement)

Lev.17:9

" And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment: "

Last updated by William H. Jul 7, 2019.

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