19 Bible Verses about Retribution

not vindicating yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath; for it is written, Judgment is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.

For we know him that said, Judgment belongs to me, I will repay. And again, The Lord will judge his people.

Then Jesus said to him, Put up your sword in its place; for all who take the sword shall perish by the sword.

Be not deceived, God is not mocked. For what a man sows, that shall he also reap; for he that sows for his flesh, shall of the flesh reap destruction; but he that sows for the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life eternal.

for [the power] is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, fear; for it bears not the sword in vain; for it is God's minister of justice for punishment to him that does evil.

to governors, sent by him for the punishment of evil doers and the praise of those who do well;

You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. But I tell you not to resist the evil man; but whoever shall strike you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also;

since it is just with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you, and to you who are afflicted rest with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with his mighty angels in a flame of fire, executing judgment on all that know not God and obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus;read more.
who shall suffer the punishment of eternal destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power, when he shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be admired by all that believe in that day, for our testimony was believed by you.

And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged each according to their works.

Wonder not at this; for the hour comes in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice and shall come forth; those that have done good to a resurrection of life, and those that have done evil to a resurrection of judgment.

But according to your hardness and unchanged heart you treasure up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and of a revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to each according to his works; to those who by patience in good works seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life;read more.
but to those who are contentions and disobey the truth, and obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath. Affliction and distress [shall be] on every soul of man that does evil, both the Jew first and the Greek; and glory and honor and peace to every one that does good, both the Jew first and the Greek. For there is no respect of persons with God.

But these things are examples for us, that we should not desire evil things, as they did. Neither be idolaters, as some of them were, as it is written; The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them did and fell in one day twenty-three thousand.read more.
Neither let us try Christ, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents. Neither do you complain as some of them complained and were destroyed by the destroyer.

that all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Bararchiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar, may come upon you. I tell you truly, that all these [crimes] shall come on this generation.

For you, brothers, became followers of the churches of God in Christ Jesus which were in Judea, for you also suffered the same things from your countrymen, which they did from the Jews who also killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us, and who please not God and are hostile to all men, forbidding us to speak to the gentiles that they may be saved, that they may fill up their sins always; and the wrath has come on them to the utmost.

And an angel of the Lord instantly smote him because he gave not glory to God, and being eaten with worms he expired.

But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart that you should lie to the Holy Spirit, and that you should keep back a part of the price of the land? Continuing unsold was it not yours, and when it was sold was it not at your disposal? Why did you propose this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God. And Ananias hearing these words fell down and expired; and great fear was upon all who heard.

for he eats and drinks judgment to himself, who eats and drinks not discerning the body. For this reason many are weak and sick among you and some sleep.

and in like manner also the males, leaving the natural enjoyment of the female, became the subjects of inordinate desires for each other, males with males committing indecency, and receiving in return the recompense of their error which was fit.

But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.