Leviticus 24:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 19:21 : 21 Therefore thine eye shall have no compassion, but life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foote for foote.
  • Matt 5:38 : 38 Ye haue heard that it hath bene sayd, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
  • Exod 21:23-25 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 24:17-19
    3 verses
    91%

    17He also that killeth any man, he shal be put to death.

    18And he that killeth a beast, he shal restore it, beast for beast.

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

  • Exod 21:22-28
    7 verses
    89%

    22Also if men striue and hurt a woman with childe, so that her childe depart from her, and death followe not, hee shall bee surely punished according as the womans husbande shall appoynt him, or he shall pay as the Iudges determine.

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

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

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

    26And 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.

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

    28If 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.

  • Deut 19:19-21
    3 verses
    84%

    19Then shall yee doe vnto him as hee had thought to doe vnto his brother: so thou shalt take euil away forth of the middes of thee.

    20And the rest shal heare this, and feare, and shall henceforth commit no more any such wickednes among you.

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

  • Matt 5:38-39
    2 verses
    82%

    38Ye haue heard that it hath bene sayd, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.

    39But I say vnto you, Resist not euill: but whosoeuer shall smite thee on thy right cheeke, turne to him the other also.

  • Lev 24:21
    81%

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

  • Prov 24:29
    77%

    29Say not, I wil doe to him, as he hath done to mee, I will recompence euery man according to his worke.

  • Exod 22:1-7
    7 verses
    76%

    1If 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.

    2If a thiefe bee founde breaking vp, and be smitten that he dye, no blood shall be shed for him.

    3But if it be in the day light, blood shall be shed for him: for he should make full restitution: if he had not wherewith, then shoulde he bee solde for his theft.

    4If the theft bee founde with him, aliue, (whether it be oxe, asse, or sheepe) he shal restore the double.

    5If a man doe hurt fielde, or vineyarde, and put in his beast to feed in an other mans fielde, he shall recompence of the best of his owne fielde, and of the best of his owne vineyard.

    6If fire breake out, and catche in ye thornes, and the stackes of corne, or the standing corne, or the fielde be consumed, he that kindled the fire shall make full restitution.

    7If a man deliuer his neighbour money or stuffe to keepe, and it be stollen out of his house, if the thiefe be found, he shall pay the double.

  • Exod 21:12
    74%

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

  • Exod 21:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

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

    19If 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.

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

  • Exod 21:35-36
    2 verses
    74%

    35And 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.

    36Or 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.

  • Exod 22:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12But if it be stollen fro him, he shal make restitution vnto the owner thereof.

    13If it be torne in pieces, he shall bring recorde, and shall not make that good, which is deuoured.

    14And if a man borow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or els die, the owner thereof not being by, he shal surely make it good.

  • Deut 25:2
    73%

    2Then if so be the wicked be worthy to bee beaten, the iudge shall cause him to lie downe, and to be beaten before his face, according to his trespasse, vnto a certaine nomber.

  • Deut 25:12
    73%

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

  • Exod 22:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9In all maner of trespasse, whether it bee for oxen, for asse, for sheepe, for raiment, or for any maner of lost thing, which an other chalengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shal come before the iudges, and whom the Iudges condemne, he shall pay the double vnto his neighbour.

    10If a man deliuer vnto his neighbour to keepe asse, or oxe, or sheepe, or any beast, and it die, or be hurt, or taken away by enemies, and no man see it,

  • Deut 19:12
    72%

    12Then the Elders of his citie shal send and set him thence, and deliuer him into the hands of the auenger of the blood, that he may die.

  • Lev 6:4
    72%

    4When, I say, he thus sinneth & trespasseth, he shall then restore the robbery that he robbed, or the thing taken by violence which hee tooke by force, or the thing which was deliuered him to keepe, or the lost thing which he founde,

  • Num 35:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19The reuenger of the blood himselfe shall slay the murtherer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

    20But if hee thrust him of hate, or hurle at him by laying of wait, that he die,

    21Or smite him through enimitie with his hand, that he die, he that smote him shal die ye death: for hee is a murtherer: the reuenger of the blood shall slay the murtherer when he meeteth him.

  • Lev 21:19
    72%

    19Or a man that hath a broken foote, or a broken hande,

  • Exod 21:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

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

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

  • Job 34:11
    71%

    11For he will render vnto man according to his worke, and cause euery one to finde according to his way.

  • Ps 28:4
    70%

    4Reward them according to their deedes, and according to the wickednes of their inuentions: recompense them after the woorke of their handes: render them their reward.

  • Ezek 9:10
    70%

    10As touching me also, mine eye shall not spare them, neither will I haue pitie, but will recompence their wayes vpon their heades.

  • Job 21:31
    70%

    31Who shal declare his way to his face? & who shal reward him for that he hath done?

  • Num 35:23
    70%

    23Or any stone (whereby he might be slaine) and sawe him not, or caused it to fall vpon him, and he die, and was not his enemie, neither sought him any harme,