Quotes about Retribution

But secondly you say 'society must exact vengeance, and society must punish'. Wrong on both counts. Vengeance comes from the individual and punishment from God.

— Victor Hugo

Forgiveness doesn't diminish justice; it just entrusts it to God. He guarantees the right retribution.

— Max Lucado

Struck dead by an angel of God! Yet the angel must hang!

— Herman Melville

We might say God's wrath is His justice in action, rendering to everyone his just due, which, because of our sin is always judgment.

— Jerry Bridges