8 Bible Verses about An Eye For An Eye
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Should any of you injure another person, whatever you have done shall be done to you. If you break a bone, one of your bones must be broken. If you put out an eye, one of your eyes must be put out. Should you knock out a tooth, one of your teeth shall be knocked out. Whatever injury you cause another person must be done to you in return. Whoever kills an animal shall replace it, but whoever kills a human being shall be put to death.read more.
This law applies to all of you. It applies to Israelites and to foreigners living among you. I am Jehovah your God.'
Have no pity on him: Take 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.
Return evil for evil to no man. Provide honest things in the sight of all men. When it is possible, be peaceable with all men. Dearly beloved, do not avenge yourselves, instead leave room for divine punishment, for it is written: Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says Jehovah. (Deuteronomy 32:35)
Do not say: I will recompense evil. Instead wait on Jehovah, and he will save you.
When a pregnant woman suffers a miscarriage as the result of an injury caused by someone who is fighting, if she is not badly hurt, the one who injured her must pay whatever fine her husband demands and the judges approve. The payment will be for life if she is seriously injured, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,read more.
burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
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