On the other side, the love of god is not just good affections, but it can be expressed as wrath and jealousy. Bible verses about vengeance 39 passages king james version. God the vengeful, wrathful, and jealous a christian thinktank. 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. The lord takes vengeance on his foes and reserves wrath for his enemies. The oracle of nineveh 1 this is the burden against nineveh, the book of the vision of nahum the elkoshite. I am the god of bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you made a vow to me. This verse lays the groundwork for the declaration of god s sentence against the offending city. God is wrathful, vengeful, jealous, and angry every dayand you want. O lord, god of vengeance, god of vengeance, shine forth. Bible verses related to vengeance from the king james version kjv by relevance sort by book order romans 12. On the one side, as the research indicated, gods vengeance has nothing to do with a spontaneous, wrathful or hateful urge to destroy. Jesus changed this, in other words, god s character and nature didnt change jesus just made his full and complete nature apparent to us.
The lord is avenging and wrathful the lord takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves wrath for his enemies. The bible is very clear on our role with seeking revenge. Then they will know that i am the lord, when i lay my vengeance upon them. The bible speaks unashamedly of yahwehs passion, presenting him as. Vengeance mentioned in 17 books and occurs 39 times in the bible.
God is the ultimate judge and when we seek revenge, we are taking his place. When we become overwhelmed with what others have done wrong, we become filled with anger and find ourselves focused on hate. These verses sum up the nature and power of the love depicted in the song. We kept getting a skewed perception of god because of the limitations the ot had revealing god 100% accurately. I will not execute my fierce anger, i will not again destroy ephraim. God was not one way in the old testament and then different in the new testament. What we are going to discover is that god s character did not and does not change with time. Plus, get the verse of the day and offers to your inbox. For i, the lord your god, am a jealous god, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate me, king james bible thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them. There are, of course, several passages in the law which attribute the same character to jehovah, e. For example, if one assumes that god was violent and vengeful in the old testament, then he would be violent and vengeful in the new testament. Gods wrath is more horrifying than we can ever imagine, but he will pardon any who. Wrath of god bible verses in the king james version kjv about wrath of god.