Exodus 21:24

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

Deuteronomy 19:21

Your eyes must not show pity life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot."

Exodus 21:26-27

"If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he is to release him as a free man in exchange for his eye.

Leviticus 24:19-20

If a man disfigures his fellow, whatever he did is to be done to him also.

Judges 1:6-7

Adoni-bezek ran off, but they pursued him, caught him, and amputated his thumbs and big toes.

1 Samuel 15:33

Samuel said, "Just as your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women." Then Samuel cut Agag into pieces in the LORD's presence in Gilgal.

Matthew 5:38-40

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

Matthew 7:2

because the way that you judge others will be the way that you will be judged, and you will be evaluated by the standard with which you evaluate others.

Luke 6:38

Give, and it will be given to you. A large quantity, pressed together, shaken down, and running over will be put into your lap, because you'll be evaluated by the same standard with which you evaluate others."

Revelation 16:6

You have given them blood to drink because they spilled the blood of saints and prophets. This is what they deserve."

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Summary

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

This is the earliest account we have of the towtopatheia, tautopatheia, lex talionis, law of like for like

General references

Bible References

This is the earliest account we have of the towtopatheia, tautopatheia, lex talionis, law of like for like

Exodus 21:26
"If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant and destroys it, he is to release him as a free man in exchange for his eye.
Leviticus 24:19
If a man disfigures his fellow, whatever he did is to be done to him also.
Deuteronomy 19:21
Your eyes must not show pity life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot."
Judges 1:6
Adoni-bezek ran off, but they pursued him, caught him, and amputated his thumbs and big toes.
1 Samuel 15:33
Samuel said, "Just as your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women." Then Samuel cut Agag into pieces in the LORD's presence in Gilgal.
Matthew 5:38
"You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'
Matthew 7:2
because the way that you judge others will be the way that you will be judged, and you will be evaluated by the standard with which you evaluate others.
Luke 6:38
Give, and it will be given to you. A large quantity, pressed together, shaken down, and running over will be put into your lap, because you'll be evaluated by the same standard with which you evaluate others."
Revelation 16:6
You have given them blood to drink because they spilled the blood of saints and prophets. This is what they deserve."

General references

Leviticus 24:20
Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth just as he had caused a disfigurement against another man, so it is to be done against him.

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