live by the sword, die by the sword

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From the Bible, Matthew 26:52, where Jesus rebukes one of his disciples for having used his sword against a servant of the High Priest of Israel.

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: усе, што возьмуць меч, ад мяча і загінуць (usje, što vózʹmucʹ mječ, ad mjača i zahinucʹ) — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Bulgarian: всички, които се залавят за нож, от нож ще погинат (vsički, koito se zalavjat za nož, ot nož šte poginat) — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Chinese Mandarin: 以暴易暴 (yǐbàoyìbào) — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Chinese Mandarin: 惡有惡報 /恶有恶报 (èyǒu'èbào) — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Chinese Mandarin: 冤冤相報何時了 /冤冤相报何时了 (yuān yuān xiāng bào hé shí liǎo) — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Chinese Mandarin: 凡動刀的,必死在刀下 /凡动刀的 — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Chinese Mandarin: 必死在刀下 (fán dòng dāo de, bì sǐ zài dāo xià) — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Chinese Mandarin: 生於劍,死於劍 /生于剑 — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Chinese Mandarin: 死于剑 (shēng yú jiàn, sǐ yú jiàn) — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Czech: kdo s čím zachází, s tím také schází — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Danish: vold føder vold — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Dutch: wie leeft bij het zwaard, zal sterven bij het zwaard — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Esperanto: kiu glavon prenas, per glavo pereos — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Finnish: joka miekkaan tarttuu, se miekkaan hukkuu — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• French: qui vit par l'épée périra par l'épée — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• German: wer das Schwert nimmt, soll durch das Schwert umkommen — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Greek: πάντες όσοι πιάσωσι μάχαιραν διά μαχαίρας θέλουσιν απολεσθή (pántes ósoi piásosi máchairan diá machaíras thélousin apolesthí) — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Ancient Greek: πάντες γὰρ οἱ λαβόντες μάχαιραν ἐν μαχαίρῃ ἀπολοῦνται (pántes gàr hoi labóntes mákhairan en makhaírēi apoloûntai) — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Hungarian: (a)ki kardot fog/ránt/ragad, kard által vész (az) — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Italian: chi di spada ferisce, di spada perisce — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Korean: 칼로 흥한자는 칼로 망하리라. (kallo heunghanjaneun kallo mangharira.) — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Latin: qui gladio ferit gladio perit — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Norwegian: alle som griper til sverd, skal falle for sverd — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Polish: kto mieczem wojuje, ten od miecza ginie — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Portuguese: quem vive pela espada, morre pela espada — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Romanian: toți cei ce scot sabia, de sabie vor pieri — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Russian: кто с мечо́м к нам придёт, тот от меча́ и поги́бнет (kto s mečóm k nam pridjót, tot ot mečá i pogíbnet) — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Russian: подня́вший меч от меча́ и поги́бнет (podnjávšij meč ot mečá i pogíbnet) — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Serbo-Croatian: ko se mača lati, od mača će poginuti — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Serbo-Croatian: ко од мача живи од мача и гине — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Serbo-Croatian: ко се мача лача од мача и гине — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Serbo-Croatian: ко od mača živi od mača i gine — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Serbo-Croatian: кo se mača lača od mača i gine — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Slovak: kto mečom bojuje, mečom zahynie — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Slovene: kdor živi od meča, bo z mečem pokončan — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Spanish: quien a hierro mata, a hierro muere — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Swedish: alla som griper till svärd skall dödas med svärd — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Ukrainian: всі, хто візьме меча, від меча і загинуть (vsi, xto vizʹme meča, vid meča i zahynutʹ) — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Vietnamese: ác giả ác báo — one who uses violence can expect a violent response
• Vietnamese: chơi dao sắc có ngày đứt tay — one who uses violence can expect a violent response