Judges, 15

20. And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.

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Judges chapter 15 reports how Samson took revenge on the Philistines for killing his wife and his father -in -law. He took three hundred foxes, tied his tails with torches, and released them in the fields of wheat and olive trees of the Philistines, causing great destruction. The Philistines then went after Samson, but he defeated them with the jaw of a donkey and killed a thousand men with her.

Exodus 21:24: "Eye for an eye, tooth for tooth, hand, foot by foot," this verse shows the practice of the law of Talion, which is the punishment for crime in the same proportion of the damage caused, which is the principle that Samson used to take revenge on the Philistines.

Proverbs 20:22: "Do not say, I will take revenge on evil; wait for the Lord, and He will save you." This verse teaches that revenge is not an attitude that pleases God, and that we must trust in Him to protect and save ourselves.

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." This verse reinforces the idea that revenge is not a Christian attitude, and that we must leave in God to justice.

Matthew 5:38-39: "You have heard that it has been said, I look at an eye, and tooth for a tooth. But I say unto you, that you do not resist evil; but if anyone hits you on the right face, it also offers him the other ; " This verse presents the counterpart of what was mentioned in Exodus 21:24, where Jesus teaches not to retaliate and offer the other face.

Galatians 6:7: "You shall not err: God is not mocking; for all that man sow will also reap." This verse teaches that we reap what we plant, and that we must be careful with our attitudes and actions, as they have consequences.