Exodus 21:17
Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 20:20 : 20 If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.
- Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
- Deut 27:16 : 16 Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.
- Lev 20:9-9 : 9 Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him. 10 And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.
- Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye which makes sport of a father, and sees no value in a mother when she is old will be rooted out by the ravens of the valley, and be food for the young eagles.
- Matt 15:3-6 : 3 And in answer he said to them, Why do you, yourselves, go against the word of God on account of the teaching which has been handed down to you? 4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death. 5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God; 6 There is no need for him to give honour to his father. And you have made the word of God without effect because of your teaching.
- Mark 7:10-11 : 10 For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death: 11 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God,
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- Lev 20:9-113 verses93%
9 Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.
10 And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.
11 And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.
- Exod 21:14-163 verses92%
14 But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.
15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.
16 Any man who gets another into his power in order to get a price for him is to be put to death, if you take him in the act.
- Matt 15:4-52 verses87%
4 For God said, Give honour to your father and mother: and, He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.
5 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is given to God;
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10 For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death:
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16 Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.
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20 If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.
- Lev 24:14-174 verses82%
14 Take the curser outside the tent-circle; and let all in whose hearing the words were said put their hands on his head, and let him be stoned by all the people.
15 And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God, his sin will be on his head.
16 And he who says evil against the name of the Lord will certainly be put to death; he will be stoned by all the people; the man who is not of your nation and one who is an Israelite by birth, whoever says evil against the holy Name is to be put to death.
17 And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.
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12 He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.
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11 There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.
- Exod 20:12-132 verses77%
12 Give honour to your father and to your mother, so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
13 Do not put anyone to death without cause.
- Deut 5:16-172 verses77%
16 Give honour to your father and your mother, as you have been ordered by the Lord your God; so that your life may be long and all may be well for you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
17 Do not put anyone to death without cause.
- Num 35:16-183 verses77%
16 But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
17 Or if he gives him a blow with a stone in his hand, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
18 Or if he gave him blows with a wood instrument in his hands, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.
- Deut 21:18-192 verses76%
18 If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:
19 Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;
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20 If a man gives his man-servant or his woman-servant blows with a rod, causing death, he is certainly to undergo punishment.
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26 He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.
- Deut 21:21-222 verses75%
21 Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.
22 If a man does a crime for which the punishment is death, and he is put to death by hanging him on a tree;
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18 If, in a fight, one man gives another a blow with a stone, or with the shut hand, not causing his death, but making him keep in bed;
- Exod 31:14-152 verses74%
14 So you are to keep the Sabbath as a holy day; and anyone not honouring it will certainly be put to death: whoever does any work on that day will be cut off from his people.
15 Six days may work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.
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19 Give honour to your father and your mother: and, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself.
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18 As for his father, because he was cruel, took goods by force, and did what is not good among his people, truly, death will overtake him in his evil-doing.
- Lev 20:13-142 verses74%
13 And if a man has sex relations with a man, the two of them have done a disgusting thing: let them be put to death; their blood will be on them.
14 And if a man takes as wife a woman and her mother, it is an act of shame; let them be burned with fire, all three of them, so that there may be no shame among you.
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24 He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.
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21 And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.
- Deut 13:9-102 verses73%
9 But put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
10 Let him be stoned with stones till he is dead; because it was his purpose to make you false to the Lord your God, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.
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5 Then you are to take the man or woman who has done the evil to the public place of your town, and they are to be stoned with stones till they are dead.
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21 Or in hate gave him blows with his hand, causing death; he who gave the death-blow is to be put to death; he is a taker of life: he whose right it is to give punishment for blood may put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.
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21 You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged:
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21 He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.
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2 Six days let work be done, but the seventh day is to be a holy day to you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on that day is to be put to death.
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2 Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),
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13 Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.
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16 Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers: every man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.
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31 Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.