Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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
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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 his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Leviticus 24:19
If anyone injures his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him:
Deuteronomy 19:21
Your eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Judges 1:6
But Adoni-Bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.
1 Samuel 15:33
Samuel said, "As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women!" Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh 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
For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
Luke 6:38
"Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given to you. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you."
Revelation 16:6
For they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this."
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Leviticus 24:20
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has injured someone, so shall it be done to him.