Leviticus 24:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Matt 5:38 : 38 You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth:'
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 24:17-19
    3 verses
    91%

    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:

  • Exod 21:22-28
    7 verses
    89%

    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,

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

    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.

  • Deut 19:19-21
    3 verses
    84%

    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.

  • Matt 5:38-39
    2 verses
    82%

    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.

  • Lev 24:21
    81%

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

  • Prov 24:29
    77%

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

  • Exod 22:1-7
    7 verses
    76%

    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.

    2If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodshed for him.

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

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

    5If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed upon, and allows his animal to wander and feed in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

    6If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that stacked grain or standing grain or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

    7If a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep safe, and it is stolen out of the man's house, if the thief is found, he shall pay double.

  • Exod 21:12
    74%

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

  • Exod 21:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Exod 21:35-36
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Exod 22:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12If it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner.

    13If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it as evidence, and he shall not make restitution for what was torn.

    14If a man borrows anything from his neighbor and it is broken or dies, with its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

  • Deut 25:2
    73%

    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.

  • Deut 25:12
    73%

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

  • Exod 22:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

    10If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, ox, sheep, or any animal to keep and it dies, is injured, or is driven away, with no one seeing it,

  • Deut 19:12
    72%

    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.

  • Lev 6:4
    72%

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

  • Num 35:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

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

    20But if he pushes him out of hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait so that he dies;

    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.

  • Lev 21:19
    72%

    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.

  • Job 34:11
    71%

    11For the work of a man shall He repay 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 endeavors; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their due.

  • Ezek 9:10
    70%

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

  • Job 21:31
    70%

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

  • Num 35:23
    70%

    23Or with any stone, by which a man may die, seeing him not, and throw it upon him, so that he dies, and was not his enemy, nor sought his harm: