Leviticus 24:20

World English Bible (2000)

fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 19:21 : 21 Your eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] 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 must take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 24:17-19
    3 verses
    91%

    17"'He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

    18He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.

    19If anyone injures his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him:

  • Exod 21:22-28
    7 verses
    89%

    22"If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.

    23But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,

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

    25burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.

    26"If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

    27If he strikes out his male servant's tooth, or his female servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

    28"If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.

  • Deut 19:19-21
    3 verses
    84%

    19then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.

    20Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of you.

    21Your eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Matt 5:38-39
    2 verses
    82%

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

    39But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

  • Lev 24:21
    81%

    21He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

  • Prov 24:29
    77%

    29Don't say, "I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work."

  • Exod 22:1-7
    7 verses
    76%

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

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

    3If the sun has risen on him, guilt of bloodshed shall be for him; he shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

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

    5"If a man causes a field or vineyard to be eaten, and lets his animal loose, and it grazes in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field, and from the best of his own vineyard.

    6"If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

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

  • Exod 21:12
    74%

    12"One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,

  • Exod 21:18-20
    3 verses
    74%

    18"If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he doesn't die, but is confined to bed;

    19if he rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is thoroughly healed.

    20"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%

    35"If one man's bull injures another's, so that it dies, then they shall sell the live bull, and divide its price; and they shall also divide the dead animal.

    36Or if it is known that the bull was in the habit of goring in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall surely pay bull for bull, and the dead animal shall be his own.

  • Exod 22:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12But if it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner.

    13If it is torn in pieces, let him bring it for evidence. He shall not make good that which was torn.

    14"If a man borrows anything of his neighbor's, and it is injured, or dies, its owner not being with it, he shall surely make restitution.

  • 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 wickedness, by number.

  • Deut 25:12
    73%

    12then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall have no pity.

  • Exod 22:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, 'This is mine,' the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.

    10"If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies or is injured, or driven away, no man seeing it;

  • Deut 19:12
    72%

    12then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

  • Lev 6:4
    72%

    4then it shall be, if he has sinned, and is guilty, he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he has gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,

  • Num 35:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

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

    20If he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

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

  • Lev 21:19
    72%

    19or a man who has an injured foot, or an injured hand,

  • Exod 21:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30If a ransom is laid on him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid on him.

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

  • Job 34:11
    71%

    11For the work of a man he will render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

  • Ps 28:4
    70%

    4Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.

  • Ezek 9:10
    70%

    10As for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way on their head.

  • Job 21:31
    70%

    31Who shall declare his way to his face? Who shall repay him what he has done?

  • Num 35:23
    70%

    23or with any stone, by which a man may die, not seeing him, and cast it on him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;