Exodus 21:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them; 19 then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; 20 and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And 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.
Deut 27:24 : 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.
Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.
1 Tim 1:9 : 9 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Exod 21:16-18
3 verses
92%
16And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
17And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
18And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;
Lev 20:9-11
3 verses
88%
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 21:12
87%
12He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.
Matt 15:4-5
2 verses
85%
4For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.
5But ye say, whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is given [to God];
Lev 24:16-17
2 verses
83%
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.
Num 35:16-21
6 verses
80%
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.
19The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.
20And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,
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.
Mark 7:10
80%
10For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:
Exod 21:14
80%
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.
Exod 20:12-13
2 verses
79%
12Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
13Thou shalt not kill.
Deut 5:16-17
2 verses
79%
16Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
17Thou shalt not kill.
Deut 27:16
78%
16Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Exod 21:20
78%
20And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall surely be punished.
Prov 19:26
77%
26He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.
Prov 20:20
76%
20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
Deut 13:9-10
2 verses
76%
9but you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.
10And you shall stone him to death with stones, because he has sought to draw you away from Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Deut 21:21-22
2 verses
76%
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 21:18-19
2 verses
76%
18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;
19then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
Matt 19:19
75%
19Honor thy father and mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Lev 24:21
75%
21And he that killeth a beast shall make it good: and he that killeth a man shall be put to death.
Exod 31:14-15
2 verses
75%
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.
Ezek 18:18
75%
18As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed {H1499} his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.
Matt 5:21
75%
21Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
Prov 28:24
75%
24Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, The same is the companion of a destroyer.
Num 35:30-31
2 verses
74%
30Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die.
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.
Matt 10:21
74%
21And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Lev 20:13
74%
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.
Deut 24:16
73%
16The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Num 15:35
73%
35And Jehovah said unto Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
Deut 19:12
73%
12then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
Prov 23:13
73%
13Withhold not correction from the child; [For] if thou beat him with the rod, he will not die.
Exod 35:2
73%
2Six days shall work be done; but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of solemn rest to Jehovah: whosoever doeth any work therein shall be put to death.
Exod 21:23
73%
23But if any harm follow, then thou shalt give life for life,