Romans 12:19
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
Note Deuteronomy 32:35 (see also LXX)
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”
Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.
Topics Anger
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- avenge
- Romans 12:14, 17; Leviticus 19:18; 1 Samuel 25:26, 33; Proverbs 24:17–19, 29; Ezekiel 25:12
- give
- Matthew 5:39; Luke 6:27–29; Luke 9:55, 56
- Vengeance
- Romans 13:4; Deuteronomy 32:35, 43; Psalm 94:1–3; Nahum 1:2, 3; Hebrews 10:30