What the Bible says about
Eye for Eye
40 references · matched from the Berean Standard Bible text · tap any verse for study tools
“Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”— Genesis 2:9 BSB
“If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.”— Exodus 21:26 BSB
“or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.”— Leviticus 21:20 BSB
“fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.”— Leviticus 24:20 BSB
“You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.”— Deuteronomy 19:21 BSB
“He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.”— Deuteronomy 32:10 BSB
“But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.””— 1 Samuel 11:2 BSB
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Genesis 2:9Exodus 21:24Exodus 21:26Leviticus 21:20Leviticus 24:20Deuteronomy 19:21Deuteronomy 32:101 Samuel 11:21 Samuel 18:91 Kings 2:82 Kings 4:34Ezra 5:5Job 7:8Job 10:18Job 20:9Job 24:15Job 28:7Psalms 17:8Psalms 94:9Proverbs 7:2Proverbs 10:10Proverbs 16:30Proverbs 30:17Ecclesiastes 1:8Ecclesiastes 6:9Isaiah 52:8Isaiah 64:4Jeremiah 32:4Jeremiah 34:3Lamentations 2:4Zechariah 2:8Zechariah 11:17Zechariah 12:4Matthew 5:29Matthew 5:38Matthew 6:22Matthew 7:3Matthew 7:4Matthew 7:5Matthew 18:9