Revenge
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Cannibalism was a solemn ceremony of revenge, believed to destroy an enemy's ghost and fuse it with the eater's, with the savage mind showing no pretensions of consistency. 89:5.5-6
Character is measured by the ability to resist holding grudges, not seeking revenge but instead having faith in truth and love for others. 140:8.5 156:5.17
Creative imagination inhibited by prejudice, hate, fears, resentments, revenge, and bigotries yields unworthy fruits. 111:4.9
Revenge, an early cause of war, persisted throughout history as tribes sought vengeance for the death of their kinsmen. 70:1.12
Jesus abhorred retaliation and taught his disciples to resist evil with love and forgiveness instead of seeking revenge. 140:8.5 159:1.6 159:5.11 162:0.2
Judas harbored deep-seated feelings of revenge, fueled by his distorted sense of self-importance and his inability to trust and love. (139:12.6,9) 157:7.4 177:4.10 (193:4.2,8)
Make no allowance for revenge, retaliation, grudges, or the concept of an eye for an eye; assign these matters to civil government and the judgment of God. 140:8.5
Revenge is the mask of cowardice, a shadow of fear in the universe. 145:3.4
The new gospel of the kingdom calls forth the very best of man's higher nature, transcending the material irritant of immaturity such as revenge. 160:3.5
Revenge planned in mind courts judgment, but the Father in heaven judges by the intent. 140:6.4
The pride of revenge blinds the souls of those seeking to kill me for speaking the truth. 162:7.3
Ignorance of true longings breeds vengefulness, hindering maturity and obstructing the divine urge of life. 174:1.5
Do not seek vengeance, but rather return good for evil in the kingdom of mercy and love. 140:2.15 140:6.9
Jesus portrayed conquest by sacrifice, showing mercy to portray spiritual deliverance from grudges, grievances, anger, selfish power, and revenge. 141:3.8
Jesus taught his followers to respond positively and aggressively to every situation, overcoming evil with good. 159:5.9-15
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Vengeance
- The aim of primitive life was vengeance, but religion has since modified this attitude. 70:10.9
- Vengeance does not right wrongs; do not fight evil with evil. 140:8.7
- Vengeance is mine, says the Lord, as society has evolved from tribal blood vengeance to religious teachings against retaliation. 70:10.9
- Suicide hunger strikes were ancient forms of retaliation, but the teachings of the Dalamatians and modern comforts have made life sweeter and lessened this custom. 70:10.10
Bible parallels
Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.
- Eye for eye, tooth for tooth 140:8.5 — Ex 21:24; Lv 24:20; Dt 19:21; Mt 5:38.
- Warns against retaliation 140:8.5 — Pr 20:22; Dt 32:35; Ro 12:19.
- Give other garment 159:5.11 — Mt 5:40; Lk 6:29.
- Eye for an eye 159:5.11 — Ex 21:24; Lv 24:20; Dt 19:21.
- Jesus rebukes apostles 162:0.2 — Lk 9:54-55.
- Beware leaven of Pharisees 157:7.4 — Mt 16:6,11-12; Mk 8:15; Lk 12:1.
- Gospel of the kingdom 160:3.5 — Mt 4:23; Mt 9:35; Mt 24:14; Mk 1:14-15.
- New commandments 140:6.4 — Mt 5:21-22.
- You have heard “Thou shalt not kill” 140:6.4 — Ex 20:13; Dt 5:17; Mt 5:21. *Judge motives, not acts*: 1 Sam 16:7. *You are in danger of being judged*: Lv 24:17,21; Nm 35:30.
- Abraham's seed 162:7.3 — Jn 8:37-40.
- I am sent by God 162:7.3 — Jn 6:44; Jn 9:4.
- Children of darkness 162:7.3 — Jn 8:41-45.
- Return good for evil 140:6.9 — Mt 5:38-42. *Greater demand on the apostles*: Lk 14:25-72; Jn 6:60-69.
- Resist not evil (forgive it) 141:3.8 — Mt 5:39-42; Lk 6:28-31.
- Love neighbor as self 159:5.9 — Lv 19:18,34; Mt 5:43-44; Mt 19:19b; Mt 22:39; Mk 12:31,33; Lk 10:27; Ro 13:9b; Ga 5:14; Jm 2:8.
- Not take vengeance 159:5.9 — Lv 19:18.
- Turn other cheek 159:5.9 — Mt 5:39; Lk 6:29a.
- Eye for eye 70:10.9 — Ex 21:23-24; Lv 24:20; Dt 19:21; Mt 5:38.
- Life for life 70:10.9 — Ex 21:23.
- Blood vengeance 70:10.9 — Dt 19:6,12; Jos 20:3-9.
- Vengeance is God's 70:10.9 — Ps 94:1; Is 35:4; Nah 1:2; Dt 32:35,41,43.
- Futility of returning evil for evil 140:8.7 — Mt 5:39-42; Ro 12:17-21; 1 Th 5:15; 1 P 3:9-12.
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