Leviticus 24:20

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Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a bmish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 19:21 : 21 And thine eye shall not pity; but 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 hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
  • Exod 21:23-25 : 23 And if any mischief 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 kilth any man shall surely be put to death.

    18And he that kilth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

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

  • Exod 21:22-28
    7 verses
    89%

    22If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

    23And if any mischief 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, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

    27And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

    28If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his 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 have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.

    20And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

    21And thine eye shall not pity; but 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 hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

    39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

  • Lev 24:21
    81%

    21And he that kilth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that kilth a man, he 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 restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

    2If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

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

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

    5If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall 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 stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

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

  • Exod 21:12
    74%

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

  • Exod 21:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth 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 be surely punished.

  • Exod 21:35-36
    2 verses
    74%

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

    36Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.

  • Exod 22:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

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

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

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

  • 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 fault, by a certain number.

  • Deut 25:12
    73%

    12Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.

  • Exod 22:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

    10If a man deliver unto his neighbour 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 elrs of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and liver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

  • Lev 6:4
    72%

    4Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took viontly away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,

  • Num 35:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

    20But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;

    21Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.

  • Lev 21:19
    72%

    19Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded,

  • Exod 21:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

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

    31Whether he 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 shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

  • Ps 28:4
    70%

    4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work 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 recompense 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, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: