Leviticus 24:20

American Standard Version (1901)

breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 19:21 : 21 And thine eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  • Matt 5:38 : 38 Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
  • Exod 21:23-25 : 23 But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 24:17-19
    3 verses
    91%

    17And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

    18And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.

    19And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him:

  • Exod 21:22-28
    7 verses
    89%

    22And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no harm follow; he shall be surely fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

    23But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

    24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

    25burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

    26And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

    27And if he smite out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

    28And if an ox gore a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be surely stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

  • Deut 19:19-21
    3 verses
    84%

    19then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

    20And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.

    21And thine eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Matt 5:38-39
    2 verses
    82%

    38Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

    39but I say unto you, resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

  • Lev 24:21
    81%

    21And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.

  • Prov 24:29
    77%

    29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

  • Exod 22:1-7
    7 verses
    76%

    1If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

    2If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

    3If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he shall make restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

    4If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall pay double.

    5If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.

    6If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

    7If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, he shall pay double.

  • Exod 21:12
    74%

    12He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.

  • Exod 21:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;

    19if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.

    20And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished.

  • Exod 21:35-36
    2 verses
    74%

    35And if one man's ox hurt another's, so that it dieth, then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price of it; and the dead also they shall divide.

    36Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and its owner hath not kept it in; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead [beast] shall be his own.

  • Exod 22:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

    13If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness; he shall not make good that which was torn.

    14And if a man borrow aught of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

  • Deut 25:2
    73%

    2and it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.

  • Deut 25:12
    73%

    12then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.

  • Exod 22:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, [or] for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saith, This is it, the cause of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neighbor.

    10If a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

  • Deut 19:12
    72%

    12then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

  • Lev 6:4
    72%

    4then it shall be, if he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he hath gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,

  • Num 35:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.

    20And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

    21or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him.

  • Lev 21:19
    72%

    19or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed,

  • Exod 21:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

    31Whether it have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

  • Job 34:11
    71%

    11For the work of a man will he render unto him, And cause every man to find according to his ways.

  • Ps 28:4
    70%

    4Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings: Give them after the operation of their hands; Render to them their desert.

  • Ezek 9:10
    70%

    10And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way upon their head.

  • Job 21:31
    70%

    31Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?

  • Num 35:23
    70%

    23or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;