Exodus 21:24

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

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  • Deut 19:21 : 21 You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.
  • Judg 1:6-7 : 6 When Adoni-Bezek ran away, they chased him and captured him. Then they cut off his thumbs and big toes. 7 Adoni-Bezek said,“Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up food scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them.” They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
  • 1 Sam 15:33 : 33 Samuel said,“Just as your sword left women childless, so your mother will be the most bereaved among women!” Then Samuel hacked Agag to pieces there in Gilgal before the LORD.
  • Matt 5:38-40 : 38 Retaliation“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 the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well. 40 And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your coat also.
  • Matt 7:2 : 2 For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.
  • Luke 6:38 : 38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”
  • Rev 16:6 : 6 because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets, so you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!”
  • Exod 21:26-27 : 26 “If a man strikes the eye of his male servant or his female servant so that he destroys it, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the eye. 27 If he knocks out the tooth of his male servant or his female servant, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
  • Lev 24:19-20 : 19 If a man inflicts an injury on his fellow citizen, just as he has done it must be done to him– 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth– just as he inflicts an injury on another person that same injury must be inflicted on him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 19:19-21
    3 verses
    90%

    19you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

    20The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you.

    21You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot.

  • Lev 24:17-21
    5 verses
    89%

    17“‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.

    18One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, life for life.

    19If a man inflicts an injury on his fellow citizen, just as he has done it must be done to him–

    20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth– just as he inflicts an injury on another person that same injury must be inflicted on him.

    21One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death.

  • Exod 21:25-28
    4 verses
    89%

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

    26“If a man strikes the eye of his male servant or his female servant so that he destroys it, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.

    27If he knocks out the tooth of his male servant or his female servant, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.

    28Laws about Animals“If an ox gores a man or a woman so that either dies, then the ox must surely be stoned and its flesh must not be eaten, but the owner of the ox will be acquitted.

  • Matt 5:38-40
    3 verses
    83%

    38Retaliation“You 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 the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

    40And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your coat also.

  • Exod 21:22-23
    2 verses
    82%

    22“If men fight and hit a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no serious injury, he will surely be punished in accordance with what the woman’s husband demands of him, and he will pay what the court decides.

    23But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life,

  • Deut 25:12
    77%

    12then you must cut off her hand– do not pity her.

  • Exod 22:1
    73%

    1Laws about Property(21:37)“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he must pay back five head of cattle for the ox, and four sheep for the one sheep.

  • Exod 21:12
    73%

    12Personal Injuries“Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death.

  • Prov 24:29
    73%

    29Do not say,“I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done.”

  • Exod 21:18-20
    3 verses
    72%

    18“If men fight, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die, but must remain in bed,

    19and then if he gets up and walks about outside on his staff, then the one who struck him is innocent, except he must pay for the injured person’s loss of time and see to it that he is fully healed.

    20“If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she dies as a result of the blow, he will surely be punished.

  • Deut 25:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.

    3The judge may sentence him to forty blows, but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite with contempt.

  • Num 35:21
    72%

    21or with enmity he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death, for he is a murderer. The avenger of blood must kill the murderer when he meets him.

  • Exod 21:35-36
    2 verses
    72%

    35If the ox of one man injures the ox of his neighbor so that it dies, then they will sell the live ox and divide its proceeds, and they will also divide the dead ox.

    36Or if it is known that the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner did not take the necessary precautions, he must surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal will become his.

  • Matt 18:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.

    9And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell.

  • Lev 21:19
    71%

    19or a man who has had a broken leg or arm,

  • Exod 21:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.

    31If the ox gores a son or a daughter, the owner will be dealt with according to this rule.

  • Ps 28:4
    70%

    4Pay them back for their evil deeds! Pay them back for what they do! Punish them!

  • Exod 21:15
    70%

    15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.

  • Matt 5:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell.

    30If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell.

  • Deut 19:12
    70%

    12The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die.

  • Lam 3:64
    70%

    64ת(Tav) Pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to what they have done.

  • Exod 22:4
    70%

    4If the stolen item should in fact be found alive in his possession, whether it be an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he must pay back double.

  • Luke 6:29
    70%

    29To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either.

  • Exod 21:1
    69%

    1The Decisions“These are the decisions that you will set before them:

  • Exod 22:9
    69%

    9In all cases of illegal possessions, whether for an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any kind of lost item, about which someone says‘This belongs to me,’ the matter of the two of them will come before the judges, and the one whom the judges declare guilty must repay double to his neighbor.

  • Job 21:31
    69%

    31No one denounces his conduct to his face; no one repays him for what he has done.

  • Rom 12:19
    69%

    19Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God’s wrath, for it is written,“Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.

  • Num 35:19
    68%

    19The avenger of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.

  • Exod 22:24
    68%

    24and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.

  • Mark 9:47
    68%

    47If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

  • Matt 5:21
    68%

    21Anger and Murder“You have heard that it was said to an older generation,‘Do not murder,’ and‘whoever murders will be subjected to judgment.’