Deuteronomy 19:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

Your eye shall not pity; but life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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  • Deut 19:13 : 13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.
  • Matt 5:38-39 : 38 You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth:' 39 But I say to you, do not resist an evil person: but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.
  • Exod 21:23-25 : 23 But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
  • Lev 24:17-21 : 17 And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death. 18 And he who kills a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. 19 And if a man causes a blemish in his neighbor, as he has done, so shall it be done to him: 20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he has caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. 21 And he who kills a beast shall restore it: and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

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  • Exod 21:23-27
    5 verses
    90%

    23 But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,

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

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

    26 If a man strikes the eye of his servant or the eye of his maid so that it is destroyed, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

    27 And if he knocks out his male servant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

  • Lev 24:17-21
    5 verses
    84%

    17 And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.

    18 And he who kills a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

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

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

    21 And he who kills a beast shall restore it: and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

  • Deut 25:12
    82%

    12 Then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not pity her.

  • Deut 19:19-20
    2 verses
    82%

    19 Then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so you shall put away the evil from among you.

    20 And those who remain shall hear and fear, and shall no longer commit any such evil among you.

  • Matt 5:38-39
    2 verses
    81%

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

    39 But I say to you, do not resist an evil person: but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

  • Deut 19:12-13
    2 verses
    80%

    12 Then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, so that he may die.

    13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.

  • Ezek 9:10
    75%

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

  • Deut 13:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8 You shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare him, neither shall you conceal him:

    9 But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

  • Exod 21:12
    75%

    12 He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

  • Ezek 7:9
    74%

    9 And my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; I will repay you according to your ways and your abominations that are in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the LORD who strikes.

  • Ezek 7:4
    74%

    4 And my eye will not spare you, nor will I have pity: but I will repay your ways upon you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

  • Num 35:21
    74%

    21 Or in enmity strikes him with his hand, so that he dies, he who struck him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him.

  • Ezek 9:5
    73%

    5 And to the others he said in my hearing, Go after him through the city and strike: let not your eye spare, neither have any pity:

  • Lev 19:18
    73%

    18 You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.

  • Matt 18:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8 Therefore if your hand or your foot offends you, cut them off and cast them from you: it is better for you to enter into life crippled or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.

    9 And if your eye offends you, pluck it out and cast it from you: it is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

  • Num 35:19
    73%

    19 The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him.

  • Num 35:31
    72%

    31 Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall surely be put to death.

  • Job 19:29
    72%

    29 Be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.

  • Deut 19:10
    72%

    10 That innocent blood may not be shed in your land, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and thus blood guilt be upon you.

  • Deut 17:7
    72%

    7 The hands of the witnesses shall be the first to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you.

  • Exod 21:15
    72%

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

  • Deut 28:31
    71%

    31 Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat thereof: your donkey shall be violently taken away from before your face, and shall not be restored to you: your sheep shall be given unto your enemies, and you shall have none to rescue them.

  • Matt 5:21
    71%

    21 You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder,' and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment:

  • Deut 7:16
    71%

    16 And you shall consume all the people which the LORD your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall have no pity on them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.

  • Matt 5:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29 And if your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

    30 And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you: for it is better for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.

  • Exod 22:24
    71%

    24 and my wrath shall grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless.

  • Jer 18:21
    71%

    21 Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

  • Deut 13:11
    71%

    11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this among you.

  • Gen 9:6
    71%

    6 Whoever sheds man's blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the image of God He made man.

  • Prov 24:29
    71%

    29 Do not say, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for his work.

  • Rom 12:19
    71%

    19 Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, 'Vengeance is mine; I will repay,' says the Lord.

  • Exod 21:31
    70%

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

  • Ezek 35:6
    70%

    6 Therefore, as I live, says the Lord GOD, I will prepare you for blood, and blood shall pursue you: since you have not hated blood, even blood shall pursue you.

  • Deut 19:6
    70%

    6 Lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer while his heart is hot and overtake him, because the way is long, and kill him; though he was not worthy of death, since he did not hate him in time past.

  • Exod 22:1
    70%

    1 If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he shall restore five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

  • Lev 19:15
    70%

    15 You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.