Exodus 21:33
If a man digs or opens a cistern, and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
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Psalms 9:15You lift me up from the gates of death, so that I may announce all your praises at the gates of the daughter of Zion.
Proverbs 28:10Whoever deceives the just in a malicious way will fall into his own perdition. And the simple shall possess his goods.
Jeremiah 18:20Should evil be rendered for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul! Remember that I have stood in your sight, so as to speak on their behalf for good, and to avert your indignation from them.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:23-36
22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall… Read the whole commentary →