17 Bible Verses about Equality Of Punishment
Most Relevant Verses
"Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death. Whoever takes an animal's life shall make it good, life for life. If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him,read more.
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him. Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, and whoever kills a person shall be put to death. You shall have the same rule for the sojourner and for the native, for I am the LORD your God."
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him.
Your eye shall not pity. It shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'
Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall repay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his.
"Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death. Whoever takes an animal's life shall make it good, life for life.
And as the king passed, he cried to the king and said, "Your servant went out into the midst of the battle, and behold, a soldier turned and brought a man to me and said, 'Guard this man; if by any means he is missing, your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.'
And he said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall be for his life, and your people for his people.'"
Then they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and said, "The man who allows any of those whom I give into your hands to escape shall forfeit his life."
And they shall bear their punishment--the punishment of the prophet and the punishment of the inquirer shall be alike--
"For thus says the Lord GOD: I will deal with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant,
then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.