Bible Verses About Retaliation

But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

And he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good, life for life.

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

breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him.

And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.

Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God.

then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.

And thine eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil: Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.

Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destroy, thou shalt be destroyed; and when thou hast made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

but I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

And whosoever shall compel thee to go one mile, go with him two.

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy:

but I say unto you, Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;