Romans 12:19 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁹Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Romans 12:19 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 32:35
To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
Hebrews 10:30
For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
Proverbs 24:29
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Proverbs 20:22
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Romans 12:17
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

Topics

Anger Commandments Cruelty Devotion Discipleship Disobedience to God Duty Evil for Evil

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-21)

We may observe here, according to the scheme mentioned in the contents, the apostle’s exhortations, I. Concerning our duty to God, We see what is godliness. 1. It is to surrender ourselves to God, and so to lay a good foundation. We must first give our own selves unto the Lord, 2 Cor. 8:5. This is here pressed as the spring of all duty and obedience, Rom. 12:1, 2. Man consists of body and soul, Ge…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 19)

19-21. avenge not, &c.--(See on Ro 12:14). but rather give place unto wrath--This is usually taken to mean, “but give room or space for wrath to spend itself.” But as the context shows that the injunction is to leave vengeance to God, “wrath” here seems to mean, not the offense, which we are tempted to avenge, but the avenging wrath of God (see 2Ch 24:18), which we are enjoined to await, or give r…