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Evil for Evil

Topics · Updated 2026-05-07

This is a brief cross-reference entry. For the full topic material click the following topic: Retaliation.

Returning evil for evil is the impulse scripture repeatedly forbids — paying back wrong with wrong rather than entrusting judgment to God. The topic gathers commands against retaliation, instances of vengeance taken or refused, and the call to overcome evil with good.

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