Exodus 21:26

Geneva Bible (1560)

And if a man smite his seruant in the eie, or his maide in the eye, and hath perished it, hee shall let him goe free for his eye.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 21:20 : 20 And if a man smite his seruant, or his maide with a rod, and he die vnder his hande, he shalbe surely punished.
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, & peruerteth ye worde of ye iust.
  • Neh 5:5 : 5 And nowe our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, and our sonnes as their sonnes: and lo, we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters, as seruants, and there be of our daughters nowe in subiection, and there is no power in our handes: for other men haue our landes and our vineyardes.
  • Job 31:13-15 : 13 If I did contemne the iudgement of my seruant, and of my mayde, when they did contend with me, 14 What then shal I do when God standeth vp? & when he shal visit me, what shal I answere? 15 He that hath made me in the wombe, hath he not made him? hath not he alone facioned vs in the wombe?
  • Ps 9:12 : 12 For whe he maketh inquisition for blood, hee remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore.
  • Ps 10:14 : 14 Yet thou hast seene it: for thou beholdest mischiefe and wrong, that thou mayest take it into thine handes: the poore committeth himselfe vnto thee: for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse.
  • Ps 10:18 : 18 To iudge the fatherlesse and poore, that earthly man cause to feare no more.
  • Ps 72:12-14 : 12 For he shall deliuer the poore when he cryeth: the needie also, and him that hath no helper. 13 He shalbe mercifull to the poore and needie, and shall preserue the soules of the poore. 14 He shall redeeme their soules from deceite and violence, and deare shall their blood be in his sight.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Robbe not the poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the afflicted in iudgement. 23 For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them.
  • Eph 6:9 : 9 And ye masters, doe the same things vnto them, putting away threatning: and know that euen your master also is in heauen, neither is there respect of person with him.
  • Col 4:1 : 1 Ye masters, doe vnto your seruants, that which is iust, and equall, knowing that ye also haue a master in heauen.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 21:27-28
    2 verses
    90%

    27 Also if he smite out his seruants tooth, or his maides tooth, he shall let him goe out free for his tooth.

    28 If an oxe gore a man or a woman, that he die, the oxe shalbe stoned to death, and his flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the oxe shall goe quite.

  • Exod 21:18-21
    4 verses
    82%

    18 When men also striue together, and one smite another with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but lieth in bed,

    19 If hee rise againe and walke without vpon his staffe, then shall he that smote him go quite, saue onely hee shall beare his charges for his resting, and shall pay for his healing.

    20 And if a man smite his seruant, or his maide with a rod, and he die vnder his hande, he shalbe surely punished.

    21 But if he continue a day, or two dayes, hee shall not be punished: for he is his money.

  • Exod 21:23-25
    3 verses
    81%

    23 But if death followe, then thou shalt paye life for life,

    24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hande for hand, foote for foote,

    25 Burning for burning, wound for wounde, stripe for stripe.

  • Exod 21:2-8
    7 verses
    79%

    2 If thou bye an Ebrewe seruant, he shall serue sixe yeres, and in the seuenth he shal go out free, for nothing.

    3 If he came himselfe alone, he shall goe out himselfe alone: if hee were married, then his wife shall go out with him.

    4 If his master haue giuen him a wife, and she hath borne him sonnes or daughters, he wife and her children shalbe her masters, but he shall goe out himselfe alone.

    5 But if the seruant saye thus, I loue my master, my wife and my children, I will not goe out free,

    6 Then his master shall bring him vnto the Iudges, & set him to the dore, or to the poste, and his master shall bore his eare through with a nawle, and he shall serue him for euer.

    7 Likewise if a man sell his daughter to be a seruant, she shal not goe out as the men seruantes doe.

    8 If shee please not her master, who hath betrothed her to him selfe, then shall hee cause to buy her: hee shall haue no power to sell her to a strange people, seeing he despised her.

  • Exod 21:30-32
    3 verses
    77%

    30 If there be set to him a summe of mony, then he shal pay the raunsome of his life, whatsoeuer shalbe laied vpon him.

    31 Whether he hath gored a sonne or gored a daughter, he shalbe iudged after the same maner.

    32 If the oxe gore a seruant or a mayde, hee shal giue vnto their master thirtie shekels of siluer, and the oxe shalbe stoned.

  • Lev 24:19-21
    3 verses
    77%

    19 Also if a man cause any blemish in his neighbour: as he hath done, so shall it be done to him.

    20 Breache for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: such a blemish as he hath made in any, such shalbe repayed to him.

    21 And he that killeth a beast shall restore it: but he that killeth a man shall be slaine.

  • Deut 15:16-18
    3 verses
    75%

    16 And if he say vnto thee, I will not go away from thee, because he loueth thee & thine house, and because he is well with thee,

    17 Then shalt thou take a naule, and perce his eare through against the doore, and he shall be thy seruant for euer: and vnto thy maid seruant thou shall doe likewise.

    18 Let it not grieue thee, when thou lettest him goe out free from thee: for he hath serued thee sixe yeeres, which is the double worth of an hired seruant: and the Lorde thy God shall blesse thee in all that thou doest.

  • Deut 19:21
    74%

    21 Therefore thine eye shall have no compassion, but life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foote for foote.

  • Deut 15:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12 If thy brother an Ebrewe sell himselfe to thee, or an Ebrewesse, and serue thee sixe yeere, euen in the seuenth yeere thou shalt let him goe free from thee:

    13 And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him goe away emptie,

  • Jer 34:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9 That euery man should let his seruant go free, and euery man his handmayde, which was an Ebrue or an Ebruesse, and that none should serue himselfe of them, to wit, of a Iewe his brother.

    10 Now when all the princes, and all the people which had agreed to the couenant, heard that euery one should let his seruant go free, & euery one his handmaide, and that none should serue them selues of them any more, they obeyed and let them go.

  • Exod 21:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11 And if he do not these three vnto her, the shall she go out free, paying no money.

    12 He that smiteth a man, and he die, shal dye the death.

  • Deut 25:12
    72%

    12 Then thou shalt cut off her hande: thine eye shall not spare her.

  • Exod 21:16
    72%

    16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, if it be founde with him, shal die the death.

  • Exod 21:35-36
    2 verses
    71%

    35 And if a mans oxe hurt his neighbours oxe that he die, then they shal sel the liue oxe, & deuide the money thereof, and the dead oxe also they shall deuide.

    36 Or if it bee knowen that the oxe hath vsed to push in times past, & his master hath not kept him, he shal pay oxe for oxe, but the dead shall be his owne.

  • Job 31:13
    71%

    13 If I did contemne the iudgement of my seruant, and of my mayde, when they did contend with me,

  • Jer 34:14
    71%

    14 At the terme of seuen yeres let ye go, euery man his brother an Ebrewe which hath bene solde vnto thee: and when he hath serued the sixe yeres, thou shalt let him go free fro thee: but your fathers obeyed me not, neither inclined their eares.

  • Lev 25:53-54
    2 verses
    70%

    53 He shalbe with him yeere by yeere as an hired seruant: he shall not rule cruelly ouer him in thy sight.

    54 And if he be not redeemed thus, he shal go out in the yeere of Iubile, he, and his children with him.

  • Deut 21:14
    70%

    14 And if thou haue no fauour vnto her, then thou mayest let her go whither she will, but thou shalt not sell her for money, nor make marchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her.

  • Lev 25:41-42
    2 verses
    70%

    41 Then shall he depart from thee, both hee, and his children with him, and shall returne vnto his familie, and vnto the possession of his fathers shall he returne:

    42 For they are my seruants, whom I brought out of the lande of Egypt: they shall not be solde as bondmen are solde.

  • Matt 18:9
    70%

    9 And if thine eye cause thee to offende, plucke it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, then hauing two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

  • Exod 22:1
    70%

    1 If a man steale an oxe or a sheepe, and kill it or sell it, he shal restore fiue oxen for the oxe, & foure sheepe for the sheepe.

  • Matt 5:29
    70%

    29 Wherefore if thy right eye cause thee to offend, plucke it out, & cast it from thee: for better it is for thee, that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

  • Lev 25:39
    69%

    39 If thy brother also that dwelleth by thee, be impouerished, and be sold vnto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serue as a bond seruant,

  • Lev 25:44
    69%

    44 Thy bond seruant also, & thy bond maid, which thou shalt haue, shalbe of the heathen that are rounde about you: of them shall ye bye seruants and maydes.

  • Deut 23:15
    69%

    15 Thou shalt not deliuer the seruant vnto his master, which is escaped from his master vnto thee.

  • Mark 9:47
    69%

    47 And if thine eye cause thee to offende, plucke it out: it is better for thee to goe into the kingdome of God with one eye, then hauing two eyes, to be cast into hell fire,