Topic
Tooth
7 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 21:24Easton
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
- Leviticus 24:20Easton
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.
- Deuteronomy 19:21Easton
And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
- Ezekiel 18:2Easton
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
- Amos 4:6Easton
¶ And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
- Matthew 8:12Easton
But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- Acts 7:54Easton
¶ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 7 references
One of the particulars regarding which retaliatory punishment was to be inflicted (Ex. 21:24; Lev. 24:20; Deut. 19:21). “Gnashing of teeth” =rage, despair (Matt. 8:12; Acts 7:54); “cleanness of teeth” =famine (Amos 4:6); “children’s teeth set on edge” =children suffering for the sins of their fathers (Ezek. 18:2).
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.