Matthew 5:38
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
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Matthew 5:38
“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’
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Matthew 5:39
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.
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Exodus 21:23
But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,
Exodus 21:24
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
Exodus 21:25
burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.
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Leviticus 24:18
He who strikes an animal mortally shall make it good, life for life.
Leviticus 24:19
If anyone injures his neighbor, it shall be done to him as he has done:
Leviticus 24:20
fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. It shall be done to him as he has injured someone.
Deuteronomy 19:21
Your eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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.
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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.
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Exodus 21:27
If he strikes out his male servant’s tooth, or his female servant’s tooth, he shall let the servant go free for his tooth’s sake.
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Leviticus 19:18
“ ‘You 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.
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Proverbs 24:29
Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
Romans 12:19
Don’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.”
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