Tag Archive | vengeance

Vengeance or Love?

Mar11

You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:18 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/lev.19.18.NASB1995

There are some versions of the Bible that translate “sons of your people” as members of our community. How does that fit into our loving our neighbor as ourselves?

Should not our countenance be as our Lord’s? How much cruel treatment and rudicule did Jesus experience for the sake of us? Why did He not take vengeance? Could it be that His love for the Father and all mankind gave us a glimpse at a different point of view? Wrath will eventually come, but in the meantime how many can we show the way to the true life?

Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
Romans 12:19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.12.19.NASB1995

🌹So, let us love our neighbor as ourselves.

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

Overcomer By God

Jan30

Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
Romans 12:19 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.12.19.NASB1995

God’s word is truth. He is teaching me so much through the preaching at church and these verses about how to address those who hurt you. It comes down, not to the other person, but my reaction to the other person. It really comes down to pride. “How dare they say or do that to me,” when I need to give it to God to handle. That is where our peace subsides. In Jesus, the perfector of our soul.

The Lord your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.
Zephaniah 3:17 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/zep.3.17.NASB1995

🌹Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:21 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/rom.12.21.NASB1995

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon
https://indasharonjesus.org

The Lord God Reigns

Sep7

He subdues peoples under us And nations under our feet.
Psalm 47:3 NASB
God reigns over the nations, God sits (has taken His seat) on His holy throne.
Psalm 47:8 NASB

For the kingdom is the Lord’s And He rules over the nations.
Psalms 22:28 NASB

The God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me.
Psalms 18:47 NASB

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before You.
Psalms 89:14 NASB

The Lord reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The Lord has clothed and girded Himself with strength; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.
Psalms 93:1 NASB

Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.”
Psalms 96:10 NASB

My lovingkindness and my fortress,
My stronghold and my deliverer,
My shield and He in whom I take refuge,
Who subdues my people (peoples) under me. To You, my God, I bow in reverence and praise Your name. Amen.
Psalms 144:2 NASB

🌹Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; And let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.”
1 Chronicles 16:31 NASB

Continually Seeking Him,

Sharon

Eventually They Slip

Jun26

You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord. — Leviticus 19:18

‘Vengeance is Mine, and retribution,
In due time their foot will slip;
For the day of their calamity is near,
And the impending things are hastening upon them.’ — Deuteronomy 32:35

“Therefore their way will be like slippery paths to them,
They will be driven away into the gloom and fall down in it;
For I will bring calamity upon them,
The year of their punishment,” declares the Lord. — Jeremiah 23:12

And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; — Romans 5:3-4

Continually seeking Him,

Sharon