Bible Verses About Retaliation

and if there is mischief, then thou hast given 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 dost not take vengeance, nor watch the sons of thy people; and thou hast had love to thy neighbour as thyself; I am Jehovah.

`And when a man smiteth any soul of man, he is certainly put to death.

`And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, body for body.

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

breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he putteth a blemish in a man so it is done in him.

`And he who smiteth a beast repayeth it, and he who smiteth the life of man is put to death;

one judgment is to you; as a sojourner so is a native; for I am Jehovah your God.'

`Then ye have done to him as he devised to do to his brother, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst,

and those who are left do hear and fear, and add not to do any more according to this evil thing in thy midst;

and thine eye doth not pity--life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

Do not say, `I recompense evil,' Wait for Jehovah, and He delivereth thee.

Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.

Woe, spoiler! and thou not spoiled, And treacherous! and they dealt not treacherously with thee, When thou dost finish, O spoiler, thou art spoiled, When thou dost finish dealing treacherously, They deal treacherously with thee.

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

but I--I say to you, not to resist the evil, but whoever shall slap thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other;

and whoever is willing to take thee to law, and thy coat to take--suffer to him also the cloak.

`And whoever shall impress thee one mile, go with him two,

to him who is asking of thee be giving, and him who is willing to borrow from thee thou mayest not turn away.

`Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and shalt hate thine enemy;

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,