How we cite our quotes: (Chapter:Verse)
Quote #10
Anyone who maims another shall suffer the same injury in return: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; the injury inflicted is the injury to be suffered. One who kills an animal shall make restitution for it; but one who kills a human being shall be put to death. (NRSV 24:19-21)
And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; 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 done to him again. And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. (KJV 24:20-21)
Instant karma's gonna get you if you hurt someone in ancient Israel. The fancy word for this is the Lex Talionis, or the law of retaliation. Shakespeare describes this as "measure for measure," but the best summary can be found in Shmooperonomy 19:7: "Yowza."