Bible Verses About Vindictiveness
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for vindictiveness, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 17,681 votes, led by Romans 12:19. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Vindictiveness
Romans 12:19527 votes
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Deuteronomy 32:35285 votes
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.
Leviticus 19:18275 votes
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.
Psalms 137:9275 votes
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Luke 9:54255 votes
And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
Romans 12:1-21255 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Romans 12:17-20231 votes
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
John 3:16229 votes
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Acts 17:10-11228 votes
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
Romans 13:8-10226 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
1 Peter 3:9222 votes
Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Matthew 5:38-42219 votes
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
1 Peter 3:8-9218 votes
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Acts 23:12212 votes
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Esther 3:6209 votes
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
Mark 6:19209 votes
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
John 18:10209 votes
Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
Joshua 6:21207 votes
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
Romans 12:17-21207 votes
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Galatians 6:7206 votes
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
2 Chronicles 16:10203 votes
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
Exodus 34:6201 votes
And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Psalms 69:4200 votes
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
Revelation 1:1197 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Revelation 1:2196 votes
Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
What does the Bible say about vindictiveness?
Readers most often cite Romans 12:19 on the subject of vindictiveness. Across 17,681 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Deuteronomy 32:35, Leviticus 19:18, Psalms 137:9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.