1 Whoever exacts vengeance will experience the vengeance of the Lord, who keeps strict account of sin.
2 Pardon your neighbour any wrongs done to you, and when you pray, your sins will be forgiven.
3 If anyone nurses anger against another, can one then demand compassion from the Lord?
4 Showing no pity for someone like oneself, can one then plead for one's own sins?
5 Mere creature of flesh, yet cherishing resentment!-who will forgive one for sinning?
6 Remember the last things, and stop hating, corruption and death, and be faithful to the commandments.
7 Remember the commandments, and do not bear your fellow ill-will, remember the covenant of the Most High, and ignore the offence.
8 Avoid quarrelling and you will sin less; for the hot-tempered provokes quarrels,
9 a sinner sows trouble between friends, introducing discord among the peaceful.
10 The way a fire burns depends on its fuel, a quarrel spreads in proportion to its violence; a man's rage depends on his strength, his fury grows fiercer in proportion to his wealth.
11 A sudden quarrel kindles fire, a hasty dispute leads to bloodshed.
12 Blow on a spark and up it flares, spit on it and out it goes; both are the effects of your mouth.
13 A curse on the scandal-monger and double-talker, such a person has ruined many who lived in concord.
14 That third tongue has shattered the peace of many and driven them from nation to nation; it has pulled down fortified cities, and overthrown the houses of the great.
15 The third tongue has had upright wives divorced, depriving them of reward for their hard work.
16 No one who listens to it will ever know peace of mind, will ever live in peace again.
17 A stroke of the whip raises a weal, but a stroke of the tongue breaks bones.
18 Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but many more have fallen by the tongue.
19 Blessed is anyone who has been sheltered from it, and has not experienced its fury, who has not dragged its yoke about, or been bound in its chains;
20 for its yoke is an iron yoke, its chains are bronze chains;
21 the death it inflicts is a miserable death, Sheol is preferable to it.
22 It cannot gain a hold over the devout, they are not burnt by its flames.
23 Those who desert the Lord will fall into it, it will flare up inextinguishably among them, it will be let loose against them like a lion, it will tear them like a leopard.
24 Be sure you put a thorn-hedge round your property, lock away your silver and gold;
25 then make scales and weights for your words, and put a door with bolts across your mouth.
26 Take care you take no false step through it, in case you fall a prey to him who lies in wait.
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Chapter 28 of the Ecclesiastical Book deals with the forgiveness and importance of preventing anger and revenge. The author warns that those who seek revenge will experience the wrath of God, and that it is better to forgive to avoid conflicts and fights. Below are five verses related to these themes:
Proverbs 19:11: "The wisdom of man gives him patience; his glory is to ignore offenses." This verse highlights the importance of patience and wisdom in response to offenses, emphasizing that it is better to ignore them than to retaliate.
Matthew 6:14-15: "Because if they forgive each other's offenses, heavenly Father will forgive them too. But if they do not forgive each other, the heavenly Father will not forgive their offenses." Jesus teaches the importance of forgiveness, stating that those who forgive will be forgiven by the heavenly Father, while those who do not forgive will not receive forgiveness.
Romans 12:19: "Beloved, never seek to take revenge, but leave with God the wrath, for it is written," My is revenge; I will return, "says the Lord." Paul encourages Christians not to seek revenge, but to trust God to judge and punish those who do evil.
Ephesians 4:31-32: "Get rid of all bitterness, indignation and wrath, shouting, and slander, as well as all wickedness. Be kind and compassionate to each other, forgiving each other, just as God forgave them in Christ." Paul urges believers to abandon wrath and evil and to be compassionate and forgiven with each other, as God forgave Christ.
Colossians 3:13: "Shop each other and forgive the complaints they have against each other. Forgive as the Lord forgave them." The apostle Paul encourages Christians to endure each other and forgive each other, just as God forgave them in Christ.
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