Leviticus 24:19

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:”

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BSBPD

“If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`And when a man putteth a blemish in his fellow, as he hath done so it is done to him;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 24:19 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 21:24eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
  2. Exodus 21:25burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.
  3. Deuteronomy 19:21You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
  4. Judges 1:7Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
  5. Matthew 5:38You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’
  6. Matthew 7:2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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