Genesis 34
What Shechem did was wrong, but in a sense, it was a lesser wrong - either the rape or seduction of one young woman, as opposed to what Simeon and Levi did - massacre or genocide of the entire city.
It's unclear how much Jacob's other sons were in on this over-the-top act of revenge.
Two wrongs do not make a right. If someone wrongs us, if criminally, we can go to the authorities, but we should not take the law into our own hands and definitely should not exact revenge, especially over-the-top revenge.
Father, if I am wronged, help me to respond in a godly manner and not take revenge. In Jesus' name, amen.
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