Exodus 21:24

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

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  • Deut 19:21 : 21 You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  • Judg 1:6-7 : 6 Adoni-bezek fled, but they chased him, caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes. 7 Then Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off used to gather scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
  • 1 Sam 15:33 : 33 Samuel said, 'As your sword has made women childless, so will your mother be childless among women.' Then Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.
  • Matt 5:38-40 : 38 You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other also. 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well.
  • Matt 7:2 : 2 For with the standard you use to judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
  • Luke 6:38 : 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
  • Rev 16:6 : 6 For they shed the blood of your holy people and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.
  • Exod 21:26-27 : 26 If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he must let the servant go free in compensation for the eye. 27 And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he must let the servant go free in compensation for the tooth.
  • Lev 24:19-20 : 19 If anyone injures their neighbor, whatever they have done must be done to them. 20 Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The same injury that one inflicts on another must also be inflicted on them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 19:19-21
    3 verses
    90%

    19you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from among you.

    20Then the rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and they will never again commit such an evil thing among you.

    21You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Lev 24:17-21
    5 verses
    89%

    17Anyone who takes the life of another person must be put to death.

    18Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.

    19If anyone injures their neighbor, whatever they have done must be done to them.

    20Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. The same injury that one inflicts on another must also be inflicted on them.

    21Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a person must be put to death.

  • Exod 21:25-28
    4 verses
    89%

    25burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

    26If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he must let the servant go free in compensation for the eye.

    27And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he must let the servant go free in compensation for the tooth.

    28If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox will not be held liable.

  • Matt 5:38-40
    3 verses
    83%

    38You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

    39But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other also.

    40And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well.

  • Exod 21:22-23
    2 verses
    82%

    22If men are fighting and they strike a pregnant woman, causing her to give birth prematurely but there is no further injury, the offender must pay whatever the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.

    23But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life,

  • Deut 25:12
    77%

    12then you shall cut off her hand; show no pity.

  • Exod 22:1
    73%

    1If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck and killed, there is no bloodguilt for his death.

  • Exod 21:12
    73%

    12Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death.

  • Prov 24:29
    73%

    29Do not say, 'I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his deeds.'

  • Exod 21:18-20
    3 verses
    72%

    18If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

    19if the injured man is able to get up and walk around outside with a staff, the one who struck him shall be acquitted. Nevertheless, he must pay for the time lost and ensure the injured man is completely healed.

    20If a man strikes his male or female servant with a rod, and the servant dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

  • Deut 25:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2If the guilty one deserves to be beaten, the judge will have him lie down and be struck before him, according to the severity of his crime, with a number of blows.

    3He may be given up to forty lashes but no more, so that the punishment does not exceed this, and your brother is not degraded in your sight by excessive beating.

  • Num 35:21
    72%

    21or if in hostility someone strikes another with their hand and the person dies, the one who struck them must be put to death. They are a murderer. The avenger of blood is to execute the sentence when they meet the murderer.

  • Exod 21:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35If one man’s ox injures another’s ox so that it dies, they are to sell the live ox and divide the money, and they must also divide the dead animal.

    36However, if it was known that the ox was prone to goring in the past and its owner did not keep it confined, he must pay compensation—an ox for an ox—and the dead animal will be his.

  • Matt 18:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

    9And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

  • Lev 21:19
    71%

    19No man with a broken foot or a broken hand,

  • Exod 21:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30However, if a ransom is imposed on him, he must pay whatever is demanded for the redemption of his life.

    31Whether it gores a son or a daughter, the same judgment applies to him.

  • Ps 28:4
    70%

    4Give them according to what they have done, and according to the evil of their deeds; give them according to the work of their hands; repay them their due reward.

  • Exod 21:15
    70%

    15Anyone who strikes his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Matt 5:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

    30And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to go into hell.

  • Deut 19:12
    70%

    12the elders of his city shall send for him, take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to be put to death.

  • Lam 3:64
    70%

    64Repay them, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

  • Exod 22:4
    70%

    4If a man lets his animal graze in another's field or vineyard, and it feeds there, he must repay with the best of his own field or vineyard.

  • Luke 6:29
    70%

    29If someone strikes you on one cheek, offer them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt either.

  • Exod 21:1
    69%

    1These are the laws you are to set before them.

  • Exod 22:9
    69%

    9If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to take care of, and it dies, is injured, or is driven away while no one is watching,

  • Job 21:31
    69%

    31Who will confront him with his conduct? Who repays him for what he has done?

  • Rom 12:19
    69%

    19Do not take revenge, dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: 'It is mine to avenge; I will repay,' says the Lord.

  • Num 35:19
    68%

    19The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when they encounter the murderer, the avenger is to put them to death.

  • Exod 22:24
    68%

    24If you lend money to my people, to the poor among you, you must not act as a creditor to him; do not charge him interest.

  • Mark 9:47
    68%

    47If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

  • Matt 5:21
    68%

    21You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and whoever murders will be subject to judgment.