vengeance

The Spirit of the Lord G isuponme; becausethe Lhath anointed meto preach good tidings untothemeek; he hath sent me, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;To proclaim the acceptable yearofthe L, and the dayof vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for thespirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the L, that he might be glorified.

—Bible (Old Testament)

   Nor one feeling of vengeance presumed to defile The cause, or the men, or the Emerald Isle.

—Drennan,William

Los servidores acumulan los privilegios de la miseria†conservan los instrumentos de la venganza porque van acumulando en sus manos a¤  speras y verrugosas esa otra mitad de sus patrones, la mitad in u¤ til, descartada, lo sucio y lo feo que ellos†les han ido entregando con el insulto de cada enagua gastada que les regalan. Servants accumulate the privileges of misery† They save up the instruments of vengeance because their coarse warty hands collect, bit by bit, that other side of their employersöthe useless, discarded side, the filth and the sordidness that†they've been putting into their servants' hands with the insult of each shabby skirt they gave them.

—Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich

On all the line a sudden vengeance waits, And frequent hearses shall besiege your gates.

—Pope, Alexander

This will be the issue of that darling Plea, of being one and not two; it will be turned upon the Scots with a Vengeance; and their 45 Scots Members may dance round to all Eternity, in thisTrap of their own making.

—Fletcher (of Saltoun), Andrew

   Vengeance is a personal reaction. But not one that government can indulge in.

—Reno,Janet

Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.Benot wise inyourown conceits.Recompenseto no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written,Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

—Bible (NewTestament)

And the L said unto him,Therefore whoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the L set a mark upon Cain lest any finding him should kill him.

—Bible (Old Testament)

It was manifest to me that there was something in the Roman Catholic religion which made the priests very dear to the people; for I doubt whether in any village in England, had such an accident happened to the rector, all the people would have roused themselves at midnight to wreak their vengeance on the assailant.

—Trollope, Anthony