Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsOnly they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulVerily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewWhat time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
2 Samuel
HistoryThe Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
2 Peter
General Epistles / PeterBut ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewThen the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
Esther
HistoryAnd they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.
Numbers
LawThus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word:
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonAnd in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.
Genesis
Law / MosesThy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsAnd ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.
Leviticus
LawAnd they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelIn that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsLead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever.
Psalms
PoetryAnd they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
Judges
HistoryThen Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
Genesis
LawAnd the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: