Deuteronomy 19:21

Webster's Bible (1833)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 19:13 : 13 Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the 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 tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.
  • 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.
  • Lev 24:17-21 : 17 "'He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death. 18 He who strikes a animal mortally shall make it good, life for life. 19 If anyone injures his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him: 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him. 21 He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 21:23-27
    5 verses
    90%

    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 man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.

  • Lev 24:17-21
    5 verses
    84%

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

    18He who strikes a 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:

    20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him.

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

  • Deut 25:12
    82%

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

  • Deut 19:19-20
    2 verses
    82%

    19then shall you do to him, as he had thought to do to his brother: so shall you 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.

  • 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.'

    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.

  • Deut 19:12-13
    2 verses
    80%

    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.

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

  • Ezek 9:10
    75%

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

  • Deut 13:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Exod 21:12
    75%

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

  • Ezek 7:9
    74%

    9My eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring on you according to your ways; and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, do strike.

  • Ezek 7:4
    74%

    4My eye shall not spare you, neither will I have pity; but I will bring your ways on you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.

  • Num 35:21
    74%

    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.

  • Ezek 9:5
    73%

    5To the others he said in my hearing, Go you through the city after him, and strike: don't let your eye spare, neither have you pity;

  • Lev 19:18
    73%

    18You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

  • Matt 18:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

    9If your eye causes you to stumble, 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 the Gehenna{or, Hell} of fire.

  • Num 35:19
    73%

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

  • Num 35:31
    72%

    31Moreover 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%

    29Be afraid of the sword, For wrath brings the punishments of the sword, That you may know there is a judgment."

  • Deut 19:10
    72%

    10that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, and so blood be on you.

  • Deut 17:7
    72%

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

  • Exod 21:15
    72%

    15"Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

  • Deut 28:31
    71%

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

  • Matt 5:21
    71%

    21"You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;' and 'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.'

  • Deut 7:16
    71%

    16You shall consume all the peoples who Yahweh your God shall deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you.

  • Matt 5:29-30
    2 verses
    71%

    29If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna.

    30If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body be thrown into Gehenna.

  • Exod 22:24
    71%

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

  • Jer 18:21
    71%

    21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives become childless, and widows; and let their men be slain of death, [and] their young men struck of the sword in battle.

  • Deut 13:11
    71%

    11All Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall not do any more such wickedness as this is in the midst of you.

  • Gen 9:6
    71%

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

  • Prov 24:29
    71%

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

  • Rom 12:19
    71%

    19Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."

  • Exod 21:31
    70%

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

  • Ezek 35:6
    70%

    6therefore, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, I will prepare you to blood, and blood shall pursue you: since you have not hated blood, therefore blood shall pursue you.

  • Deut 19:6
    70%

    6lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he didn't 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 pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

  • Lev 19:15
    70%

    15"'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.