Exodus 21:15

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Anyone who strikes his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

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  • Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother, and they discipline him but he will not listen to them, 19 his father and mother are to take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city. 20 They shall say to the elders, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not listen to us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’ 21 Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear of it and be afraid.
  • Deut 27:24 : 24 Cursed is anyone who kills his neighbor secretly. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocks a father, that scorns obedience to a mother, will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.
  • 1 Tim 1:9 : 9 We also know that the law is not made for the righteous but for the lawless and rebellious, the ungodly and sinners, the unholy and profane, those who strike their fathers and mothers, and murderers,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 21:16-18
    3 verses
    92%

    16Anyone who kidnaps another person, whether he sells him or the victim is still in his possession, shall surely be put to death.

    17Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

    18If men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,

  • Lev 20:9-11
    3 verses
    88%

    9Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is upon him.

    10If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

    11If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness. Both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

  • Exod 21:12
    87%

    12Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death.

  • Matt 15:4-5
    2 verses
    85%

    4For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.’

    5But you say that if anyone declares to their father or mother, ‘What you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

  • Lev 24:16-17
    2 verses
    83%

    16Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death. The entire assembly shall stone him. Whether a foreigner or a native-born, if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.

    17Anyone who takes the life of another person must be put to death.

  • Num 35:16-21
    6 verses
    80%

    16But if someone strikes another with an iron object and the person dies, they are a murderer, and the murderer shall be put to death.

    17If someone strikes another with a stone that is large enough to cause death and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

    18Or if someone strikes another with a wooden tool that could cause death, and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

    19The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when they encounter the murderer, the avenger is to put them to death.

    20If someone pushes another out of hatred or throws something at them with intent and the person dies,

    21or if in hostility someone strikes another with their hand and the person dies, the one who struck them must be put to death. They are a murderer. The avenger of blood is to execute the sentence when they meet the murderer.

  • Mark 7:10
    80%

    10For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.'

  • Exod 21:14
    80%

    14However, if someone schemes and acts deliberately to kill his neighbor, you shall take him even from my altar to be put to death.

  • Exod 20:12-13
    2 verses
    79%

    12Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

    13You shall not murder.

  • Deut 5:16-17
    2 verses
    79%

    16Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well for you in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

    17You shall not murder.

  • Deut 27:16
    78%

    16Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Exod 21:20
    78%

    20If a man strikes his male or female servant with a rod, and the servant dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

  • Prov 19:26
    77%

    26Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.

  • Prov 20:20
    76%

    20Whoever curses their father or mother, their lamp will be extinguished in utter darkness.

  • Deut 13:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9do not yield to him or listen to him. Show no pity or compassion, and do not shield him.

    10Instead, you must put him to death. Your hand shall be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hand of all the people.

  • Deut 21:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear of it and be afraid.

    22If a man guilty of a capital offense is put to death and you hang his body on a tree,

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother, and they discipline him but he will not listen to them,

    19his father and mother are to take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

  • Matt 19:19
    75%

    19'Honor your father and your mother,' and 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'"

  • Lev 24:21
    75%

    21Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a person must be put to death.

  • Exod 31:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14You shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among their people.

    15For six days, work shall be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death.

  • Ezek 18:18
    75%

    18But his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his own people, and did what was not good among them—behold, he will die for his iniquity.

  • Matt 5:21
    75%

    21You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and whoever murders will be subject to judgment.

  • Prov 28:24
    75%

    24Whoever robs his father or mother and says, 'There is no wrong in it,' is a companion to a destroyer.

  • Num 35:30-31
    2 verses
    74%

    30Anyone who kills another person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses; but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

    31You must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; they must surely be put to death.

  • Matt 10:21
    74%

    21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.

  • Lev 20:13
    74%

    13If a man lies with a male as one lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

  • Deut 24:16
    73%

    16Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.

  • Num 15:35
    73%

    35The Lord said to Moses, 'The man must be put to death. The whole assembly is to stone him outside the camp.'

  • Deut 19:12
    73%

    12the elders of his city shall send for him, take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to be put to death.

  • Prov 23:13
    73%

    13Do not withhold discipline from a child; though you strike him with the rod, he will not die.

  • Exod 35:2
    73%

    2Work is to be done for six days, but the seventh day will be holy to you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on it must be put to death.

  • Exod 21:23
    73%

    23But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life,