Revelation 6:10

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Summary

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

They cried

Holy

Revelation 3:7

Revelation 15:3

Dost

General references

Hebrews 12:4

Bible References

They cried

And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries unto me from the ground.

When he avenges blood, he remembers them: he forgets not the cry of the humble.

And shall not God avenge his own elect, who cry day and night unto him, though he bears long with them?

And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better things than that of Abel.

Holy

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things says he that is holy, he that is true, he that has the key of David, he that opens, and no man shuts; and shuts, and no man opens;

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are your ways, you King of saints.

Dost

And the nations were angry, and your wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that you should give reward unto your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear your name, small and great; and should destroy them who destroy the earth.

And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, O Lord, who is, and was, and shall be, because you have judged thus.

Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her.

For true and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the great harlot, who did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

For the LORD shall judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, and there is none left, slave or free.

And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray you, and strengthen me, I pray you, only this once, O God, that I may be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

The LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you: but my hand shall not be upon you.

The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.

For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says the Lord.

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

General references

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompense for the controversy of Zion.

Will you restrain yourself for these things, O LORD? will you hold your peace, and afflict us very severely?

And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says the LORD.

Render unto them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

You have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.