Quotes About Revenge

But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.

And ten young men who carried Joabís armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him.

Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joabís hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.

As soon as Zimri began to reign and was seated on the throne, he struck down the entire household of Baasha. He did not leave a single male, whether a kinsman or friend.

Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.

When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.”

And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:

And the servants of Joash rose up and formed a conspiracy and killed him at Beth-millo, on the road down to Silla.

As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.

As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.

who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Hamanís ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”

Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out todayís edict, and may the bodies of Hamanís ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”

On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.

“Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem, ëAha! The gate to the nations is broken; it has swung open to me; now that she lies in ruins I will be filled,í

Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

Johnís head was brought in on a platter and presented to the girl, who carried it to her mother.

So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,

Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”

The man brought Johnís head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.