Verse 12

Pay back our neighbors in full! May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord!

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 4:15 : 15 But the LORD said to him,“All right then, if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” Then the LORD put a special mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down.
  • Jer 32:18 : 18 You show unfailing love to thousands. But you also punish children for the sins of their parents. You are the great and powerful God whose is name is the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
  • Lev 26:21 : 21 “‘If you walk in hostility against me and are not willing to obey me, I will increase your affliction seven times according to your sins.
  • Lev 26:28 : 28 I will walk in hostile rage against you and I myself will also discipline you seven times on account of your sins.
  • Luke 6:38 : 38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”
  • Prov 6:31 : 31 Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house.
  • Isa 65:5-7 : 5 They say,‘Keep to yourself! Don’t get near me, for I am holier than you!’ These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long. 6 Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve, 7 for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” says the LORD.“Because they burned incense on the mountains and offended me on the hills, I will punish them in full measure.”
  • Ps 44:16 : 16 before the vindictive enemy who ridicules and insults me.
  • Ps 74:10 : 10 How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
  • Ps 74:18-22 : 18 Remember how the enemy hurls insults, O LORD, and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name! 19 Do not hand the life of your dove over to a wild animal! Do not continue to disregard the lives of your oppressed people! 20 Remember your covenant promises, for the dark regions of the earth are full of places where violence rules. 21 Do not let the afflicted be turned back in shame! Let the oppressed and poor praise your name! 22 Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! Remember how fools insult you all day long!