Exodus 21:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Deut 19:21 : 21 Your eye shall not pity; but life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  • Judg 1:6-7 : 6 But Adonibezek fled, and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes. 7 And Adonibezek said, Seventy kings, having their thumbs and big toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
  • 1 Sam 15:33 : 33 And Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in 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 say to you, do not resist an evil person: but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. 40 If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also.
  • Matt 7:2 : 2 For with the same judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you again.
  • Luke 6:38 : 38 Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you measure, it shall be measured back to you.
  • Rev 16:6 : 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
  • Exod 21:26-27 : 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 24:19-20 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 19:19-21
    3 verses
    90%

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

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

    21Your eye shall not pity; but life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Lev 24:17-21
    5 verses
    89%

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

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

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

    20Breach 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.

    21And he who kills a beast shall restore it: and he who kills a man shall 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 servant or the eye of his maid so that it is destroyed, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

    27And 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.

    28If an ox gores a man or a woman, and they die, then the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be acquitted.

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

    40If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also.

  • Exod 21:22-23
    2 verses
    82%

    22If men fight, and hurt a woman with child, so that she gives birth prematurely, yet no harm follows, he shall surely be punished according as the woman's husband imposes upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

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

  • Deut 25:12
    77%

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

  • Exod 22:1
    73%

    1If 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.

  • Exod 21:12
    73%

    12He who strikes a man so that he dies 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 pay the man back for his work.

  • Exod 21:18-20
    3 verses
    72%

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

    19if he rises again and walks outside with his staff, then he who struck him shall be acquitted. He shall only pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing.

    20And if a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

  • Deut 25:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2And it shall be, if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence, according to his fault, by a number of strokes.

    3Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed; lest, if he should exceed and beat him with many more stripes, then your brother should appear vile to you.

  • Num 35:21
    72%

    21Or 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.

  • Exod 21:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35If one man's ox hurts another's, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide the money from it; and the dead ox they shall also divide.

    36Or if it is known that the ox was accustomed to gore in time past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall be his own.

  • Matt 18:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Therefore 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.

    9And 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.

  • Lev 21:19
    71%

    19Or a man who is broken-footed, or broken-handed,

  • Exod 21:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay to redeem his life whatever is imposed on him.

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

  • Ps 28:4
    70%

    4Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their due.

  • Exod 21:15
    70%

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

  • Matt 5:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29And 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.

    30And 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.

  • Deut 19:12
    70%

    12Then 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.

  • Lam 3:64
    70%

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

  • Exod 22:4
    70%

    4If the stolen goods are found alive in his hand, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall restore double.

  • Luke 6:29
    70%

    29And to him who strikes you on one cheek, offer also the other; and to him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your coat also.

  • Exod 21:1
    69%

    1Now these are the judgments you shall set before them.

  • Exod 22:9
    69%

    9For every kind of trespass, whether it is for ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any lost thing that another claims to be his, both parties shall come before the judges; and he whom the judges convict shall pay double to his neighbor.

  • Job 21:31
    69%

    31Who will declare his way to his face? And who will repay him for what he has done?

  • Rom 12:19
    69%

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

  • Num 35:19
    68%

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

  • Exod 22:24
    68%

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

  • Mark 9:47
    68%

    47And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire;

  • Matt 5:21
    68%

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