Verses
12 references
- Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
- 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.”
- You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’
- But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
- If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.
- But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.
- For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
- “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword. …
- Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition,
- If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
- Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.