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Definition and Usage:
The term "requite" refers to the act of returning or repaying something, whether it be good or evil. In biblical contexts, it often involves the idea of recompense or retribution, aligning with the principles of justice and moral balance. The concept of requital is deeply embedded in the biblical narrative, reflecting God's justice and the moral order He has established.

Biblical References:

1. Divine Requital:
· God is portrayed as the ultimate judge who will requite individuals according to their deeds. This is evident in passages that emphasize divine justice and retribution. For instance, in Deuteronomy 32:35, God declares, "Vengeance is Mine; I will repay." This underscores the belief that God will ultimately balance the scales of justice.

2. Human Requital:
· The Bible also addresses human responsibility in requiting others. In the context of personal relationships, individuals are encouraged to repay good with good and to avoid repaying evil with evil. Romans 12:17 advises, "Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody."

3. Requital in the Psalms:
· The Psalms frequently express a desire for God to requite the wicked and vindicate the righteous. Psalm 18:20 states, "The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands." This reflects the psalmist's confidence in God's just requital.

4. Requital and Forgiveness:
· While the concept of requital is present, the New Testament also emphasizes forgiveness and mercy. Jesus' teachings often highlight the importance of forgiving others rather than seeking personal vengeance. In Matthew 5:44, Jesus instructs, "But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."

5. Eschatological Requital:
· The theme of requital extends to eschatological expectations, where final judgment will involve the ultimate requital of all deeds. Revelation 22:12 states, "Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done."

Theological Implications:
The concept of requite in the Bible underscores the moral order established by God, where justice is a central theme. It reflects the belief that God is both just and merciful, rewarding righteousness and punishing wickedness. This dual aspect of requital serves as a reminder of the moral responsibilities of individuals and the assurance of divine justice.

Practical Application:
Believers are encouraged to trust in God's justice and to live righteously, knowing that God will ultimately requite all actions. This trust in divine requital should inspire a life of integrity, forgiveness, and love, reflecting the character of God in personal relationships and community interactions.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(v. t.) To repay; in a good sense, to recompense; to reward; in a bad sense, to retaliate; to return (evil) for evil; to punish.

Greek

287. amoibe -- requital, recompense.
... Word Origin from ameibomai (to repay) Definition requital, recompense. requite,
recompense. From ameibo (to exchange); requital -- requite. ...
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467. antapodidomi -- to give back as an equivalent, recompense
... recompense, render, repay. From anti and apodidomi; to requite (good or evil) --
recompense, render, repay. see GREEK anti. see GREEK apodidomi. ...
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591. apodidomi -- to give up, give back, return, restore
... (in various applications) -- deliver (again), give (again), (re-)pay(-ment be made),
perform, recompense, render, requite, restore, reward, sell, yield. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1580. gamal -- to deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean ...
... bestow on, deal bountifully, do good, recompense, requite, reward, ripen,
serve,. A primitive root; to treat a person (well or ill ...
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5414. nathan -- to give, put, set
... produces (1), provide (1), provided (2), provides (1), put (192), puts (4), putting
(2), raised (2), reduces (1), render (2), repay (1), Requite (2), requited ...
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7725. shub -- to turn back, return
... X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall,
recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore ...
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6213. asah -- do, make
... make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass,
perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve ...
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7999. shalam -- to be complete or sound
... make good, (re-)pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect,
perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution ...
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Library

Requiting God
... As his grateful heart thinks of all God's benefits to him, he feels at once
the impulse to requite and the impossibility of doing so. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/requiting god.htm

1 Timothy iv. 14-Nov
... Ver.4. "But if any widow have children or grandchildren, let them learn first
to show piety at home, and to requite their parents.". ...
/.../homily xiii 1 timothy iv.htm

The Wills of Men are So Much in the Power of God, that He Can Turn ...
... It may be that the Lord will look on my humiliation, and will requite me good for
his cursing this day." [3195] Now what prudent reader will fail to understand ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 41 xx the wills of.htm

This Day are Opened, Our Mouths to Give Thanks
... "Pardon, O Lord," we cry; "Requite, O Lord," we pray: "pardon" verily when we
have done wrong; "requite" verily when wrong is done us. 15. ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn ii this day are.htm

Ephesians vi. 8-May
... when they make no return, make God a debtor to their benefactors; so, I say, do
masters also, if, when well-treated by thee, they fail to requite thee, requite ...
/.../homily xxii ephesians vi 8-may.htm

1 Thessalonians v. 12, 13
... and toward all.". This is the higher philosophy, not only not to requite
evil with evil, but to render good for evil. For this is ...
/.../homily x 1 thessalonians v.htm

Acts x. 23, 24
... would you not have said, Would that he were alive, that I might have it in my power
to make the fit return, that I might requite him, that I might show myself ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxiii acts x 23.htm

On the Second Part of the Psalm.
... Thus it is, "the wicked borroweth, and payeth not again:" he will not requite Him
from whom he hath received; he will not return thanks; nay, he will even ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/on the second part of.htm

Acts xiv. 14, 15
... He hath said, "Bear to be wronged:" thou sayest, "I requite wrong for wrong, that
he may not become unbearable." Hast thou then more care for him than God has? ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxxi acts xiv 14.htm

Cholera, 1866
... water, be sure that, in His own way and His own time, God will visit them; that
when He maketh inquisition for blood, He will assuredly requite upon the guilty ...
/.../kingsley/the water of life and other sermons/sermon xvii cholera 1866.htm

Thesaurus

Requite (42 Occurrences)
... to punish. Multi-Version Concordance Requite (42 Occurrences). Matthew
16:27 For the Son of Man is soon to come in the glory of the ...
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Requited (12 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Requite. Multi-Version Concordance
Requited (12 Occurrences). Judges 1:7 Adoni-Bezek said ...
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Pay (212 Occurrences)
... rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due
return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to ...
/p/pay.htm - 37k

Recompense (79 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To render an equivalent to, for service,
loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate. ...
/r/recompense.htm - 30k

Requital (9 Occurrences)

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Accordance (118 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Revelation 22:12 "I am coming quickly; and My reward is with Me, that I may
requite every man in accordance with what his conduct has been. (WEY). ...
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Quit (12 Occurrences)
... 6. (v.) To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and satisfy, as a claim
or debt; to make payment for or of; to requite; to repay. ...
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Vexation (36 Occurrences)
... Psalms 10:14 Thou hast seen it ; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite
it with thy hand: The helpless committeth himself unto thee; Thou hast been ...
/v/vexation.htm - 18k

Nephews (3 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 5:4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to
shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and ...
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Unwise (16 Occurrences)
... ruin. (WEY DBY). Deuteronomy 32:6 Do you thus requite Yahweh, foolish people
and unwise? Isn't he your father who has bought you? ...
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Requite (42 Occurrences)

Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man is soon to come in the glory of the Father with His angels, and then will He requite every man according to his actions.
(WEY)

2 Thessalonians 1:6
A plain token of God's righteous judgement, I say, since it is a righteous thing for Him to requite with affliction those who are now afflicting you;
(WEY)

2 Thessalonians 1:7
and to requite with rest you who are suffering affliction now--rest with us at the re-appearing of the Lord Jesus from Heaven, attended by His mighty angels.
(WEY)

1 Timothy 5:4
But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
(KJV ASV WBS)

2 Timothy 4:14
Alexander the metal-worker showed bitter hostility towards me: the Lord will requite him according to his doings.
(WEY RSV)

Revelation 22:12
"I am coming quickly; and My reward is with Me, that I may requite every man in accordance with what his conduct has been.
(WEY)

Genesis 50:15
And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Deuteronomy 7:10
and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him who hates him, he will repay him to his face.
(See RSV)

Deuteronomy 32:6
Do you thus requite Yahweh, foolish people and unwise? Isn't he your father who has bought you? He has made you, and established you.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Deuteronomy 32:41
if I whet my glittering sword, My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my adversaries, and will recompense those who hate me.
(See RSV)

Judges 9:57
and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite on their heads: and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
(WEB JPS ASV)

Judges 20:10
and we will take ten men of a hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of ten thousand, to bring provisions for the people, that when they come they may requite Gib'e-ah of Benjamin, for all the wanton crime which they have committed in Israel."
(DBY RSV)

2 Samuel 2:6
And now the LORD show kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

2 Samuel 3:39
I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May Yahweh reward the evildoer according to his wickedness."
(See RSV)

2 Samuel 16:12
It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

1 Kings 2:32
And Jehovah shall requite the blood which he shed upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, without my father David's knowledge: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
(DBY)

2 Kings 9:26
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Job 34:11
For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.
(See JPS RSV)

Psalms 10:14
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Psalms 28:4
Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.
(See NAS RSV)

Psalms 35:12
They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
(See RSV)

Psalms 41:10
But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Psalms 54:5
He will requite the evil unto mine enemies: Destroy thou them in thy truth.
(See JPS ASV DBY RSV)

Psalms 62:12
Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work.
(See RSV)

Psalms 103:10
He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor requited us according to our iniquities.
(Root in JPS RSV)

Proverbs 20:22
Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.
(See JPS)

Proverbs 24:12
If you say, See, we had no knowledge of this: does not the tester of hearts give thought to it? and he who keeps your soul, has he no knowledge of it? and will he not give to every man the reward of his work?
(See RSV)

Isaiah 57:18
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
(See JPS RSV)

Isaiah 65:6
Behold, it is written before Me; I will not keep silence, except I have requited, yea, I will requite into their bosom,
(Root in JPS)

Jeremiah 32:18
who show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them; the great, the mighty God, Yahweh of Armies is his name;
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 50:29
Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow; encamp against her all around; let none of it escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 51:24
I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says Yahweh.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 51:56
for the destroyer is come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Yahweh is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Lamentations 3:64
You will render to them a recompense, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 9:10
As for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way on their head.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 11:21
But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way on their own heads, says the Lord Yahweh.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 16:43
Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have raged against me in all these things; therefore, behold, I also will bring your way on your head, says the Lord Yahweh: and you shall not commit this lewdness with all your abominations.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 17:19
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: As I live, surely my oath that he has despised, and my covenant that he has broken, I will even bring it on his own head.
(See RSV)

Hosea 4:9
And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.
(ASV RSV)

Hosea 12:2
Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.
(See RSV)

Joel 3:4
"Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.
(See RSV)

Joel 3:7
Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;
(See RSV)

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