9 Bible Verses about Vindictiveness
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And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I slay them? shall I slay them?
Then Asa was angry 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.
And say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with little bread and with little water, until I return in peace.
And he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, will you that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elijah did?
Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
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.