What Does The Bible Say About?

Eye For An Eye

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What Does The Bible Say About Eye For An Eye

Exodus 21:24

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

Matthew 5:38-39

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You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;

Matthew 5:38

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You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’

Deuteronomy 19:21

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You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

Romans 12:17-19

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Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone. Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Exodus 21:23-25

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But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life— eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.

Leviticus 24:20

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fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.

Exodus 21:22-25

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If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows. But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life— eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.

Leviticus 24:19-20

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If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.

Exodus 21:1-36

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“These are the ordinances that you are to set before them: If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything. If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him. If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free. But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’ . . .

Matthew 5:38-42

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You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also; if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well; and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

1 Thessalonians 5:15

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Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.

Proverbs 20:22

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Do not say, “I will avenge this evil!” Wait on the LORD, and He will save you.

Matthew 5:39

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But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;

Luke 23:34

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Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.

Luke 6:29

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If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.

Leviticus 24:18

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Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.

Exodus 21:12

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Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.

Romans 12:19

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Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Leviticus 24:19-22

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If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him. Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death. You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”

Matthew 5:17

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Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

Leviticus 24:19-21

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If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him. Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.

Leviticus 24:17

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And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.

Matthew 5:38-40

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You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also; if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well;

Leviticus 24:19

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

Leviticus 19:18

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Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

Proverbs 13:3

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He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.

Matthew 7:2

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For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

Romans 12:10-21

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Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another. Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer. Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse. . . .

Exodus 21:22

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If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.

Exodus 21:22-24

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If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows. But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life— eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

Luke 6:38

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Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Matthew 5:38-48

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You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also; if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well; and if someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. . . .

Exodus 21:23

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But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—

Matthew 5:1-48

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When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to Him, and He began to teach them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. . . .

Matthew 5:43-44

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You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Leviticus 19:34

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You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

Matthew 5:9

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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.

Leviticus 24:1-23

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Then the LORD said to Moses, “Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually. Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come. He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually. You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf, . . .

Deuteronomy 19:16-21

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If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime, both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time. The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother, you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you. Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you. . . .

Jeremiah 25:28

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If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘You most certainly must drink it!

1 John 3:15

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Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

Leviticus 24:21

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Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.

Deuteronomy 19:19-21

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you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you. Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you. You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

Leviticus 24:17-22

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And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death. Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life. If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him. Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death. . . .

Luke 6:27

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But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Matthew 5:44

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But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Proverbs 31:1-31

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These are the words of King Lemuel—the burden that his mother taught him: What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows? Do not spend your strength on women or your vigor on those who ruin kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice. . . .

1 Peter 3:9

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Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

Deuteronomy 19:19

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you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.

Deuteronomy 19:20

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Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.

Exodus 21:15

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Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.

Genesis 9:5-6

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And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man: Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

Numbers 35:31

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You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.

Philippians 4:13

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I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Romans 12:21

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Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans 12:17

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Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.

Luke 1:37

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For no word from God will ever fail.”

Exodus 21:25

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burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.

Matthew 4:1-25

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Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then the devil took Him to the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. . . .

Matthew 5:42

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Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Romans 12:14

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Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.

Micah 6:8

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He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Revelation 1:1-20

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This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .

Exodus 34:6

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Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

Luke 6:35

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But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.

Matthew 5:45

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that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Matthew 5:48

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Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

Matthew 6:1-34

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“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. So when you give to the needy, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. . . .

Exodus 21:7

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And if a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as the menservants do.

Matthew 6:22

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The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.

2 Kings 6:17

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Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

Matthew 5:3

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“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Psalm 33:18

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Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion

Deuteronomy 19:18-21

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The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother, you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you. Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you. You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.

Psalm 119:18

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Open my eyes that I may see wondrous things from Your law.

Luke 6:30

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Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what is yours, do not demand it back.

Matthew 7:3

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Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

Deuteronomy 32:10

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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.

John 3:16-17

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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

Luke 18:13

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But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’

Matthew 1:1-7:29

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This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham: Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram. Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon. Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, . . .

Proverbs 22:9

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A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.

Psalm 17:8

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Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

Matthew 5:27

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You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’

Job 17:7

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My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.

John 14:6

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Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Proverbs 10:10

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He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

Proverbs 23:6

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Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;

Matthew 5:2

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and He began to teach them, saying:

1 John 2:16

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For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

John 3:16

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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Proverbs 15:3

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The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.

Matthew 7:12

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In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.

John 15:12

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This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.

Matthew 7:5

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You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Ephesians 1:18

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I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,

2 Timothy 1:7

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For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

Romans 12:20

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On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

Luke 11:34

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Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.

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