9 Bible Verses about Vindictiveness

And the king of Israel, when he saw them, said to Elisha, My father, am I to put them to the sword?

Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, burning with wrath against him because of this thing. And at the same time Asa was cruel to some of the people.

And say, By the king's order this man is to be put in prison, and given prison food till I come back in peace.

But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.

And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able;

And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, Lord, may we send fire from heaven and put an end to them?

Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, took it out and gave the high priest's servant a blow, cutting off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.

And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.