Exodus 21:16

American Standard Version (1901)

And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 24:7 : 7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
  • Exod 22:4 : 4 If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall pay double.
  • 1 Tim 1:10 : 10 for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine; [
  • Gen 37:28 : 28 And there passed by Midianites, merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt.
  • Gen 40:15 : 15 for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
  • Rev 18:12 : 12 merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet; and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 24:6-7
    2 verses
    86%

    6No man shall take the mill or the upper millstone to pledge; for he taketh [a man's] life to pledge.

    7If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him as a slave, or sell him; then that thief shall die: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.

  • Exod 21:12-15
    4 verses
    83%

    12He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.

    13And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

    14And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

    15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

  • Exod 21:17
    81%

    17And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

  • Lev 24:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    16And he that blasphemeth the name of Jehovah, he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the sojourner, as the home-born, when he blasphemeth the name [of Jehovah], shall be put to death.

    17And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

  • Exod 21:20
    77%

    20And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished.

  • Lev 20:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

    9For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

    10And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

    11And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Exod 22:1-4
    4 verses
    76%

    1If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

    2If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

    3If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him; he shall make restitution: if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

    4If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall pay double.

  • Lev 24:21
    76%

    21And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.

  • Deut 21:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

    22And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;

  • Deut 13:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9but thou shalt surely kill him; thy hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

    10And thou shalt stone him to death with stones, because he hath sought to draw thee away from Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

  • Exod 21:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29But if the ox was wont to gore in time past, and it hath been testified to its owner, and he hath not kept it in, but it hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.

    30If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him.

  • Lev 20:13
    73%

    13And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Num 35:31
    73%

    31Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

  • Num 35:16-18
    3 verses
    73%

    16But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    17And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    18Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

  • Deut 17:5
    72%

    5then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, who hath done this evil thing, unto thy gates, even the man or the woman; and thou shalt stone them to death with stones.

  • Num 35:21
    72%

    21or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him.

  • Exod 20:15
    72%

    15Thou shalt not steal.

  • Exod 21:26
    72%

    26And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

  • Lev 20:15
    72%

    15And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.

  • Exod 31:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that profaneth it shall surely be put to death; for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

    15Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to Jehovah; whosoever doeth any work on the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

  • Lev 27:29
    71%

    29No one devoted, that shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.

  • Lev 19:20
    71%

    20And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; they shall be punished; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

  • Deut 22:25
    71%

    25But if the man find the damsel that is betrothed in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only that lay with her shall die:

  • Exod 21:2
    71%

    2If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

  • Num 15:35
    71%

    35And Jehovah said unto Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.

  • Exod 22:12
    71%

    12But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

  • Exod 22:8
    70%

    8If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto God, [to see] whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods.

  • Exod 21:7
    70%

    7And if a man sell his daughter to be a maid-servant, she shall not go out as the men-servants do.

  • Exod 21:32
    70%

    32If the ox gore a man-servant or a maid-servant, there shall be given unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

  • Lev 20:27
    70%

    27A man also or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Gen 44:9
    70%

    9With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

  • Matt 15:4
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    4For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

  • Deut 22:22
    70%

    22If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel.

  • Lev 20:2
    70%

    2Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.