Matthew 5:21

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

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  • Deut 5:17 : 17 You shall not murder.
  • Exod 20:13 : 13 You shall not murder.
  • Matt 5:27 : 27 You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
  • Matt 5:33 : 33 Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'Do not break your oaths, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.'
  • Matt 5:43 : 43 You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
  • Num 35:30-34 : 30 Anyone 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. 31 You must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; they must surely be put to death. 32 Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing them to return to live in the land before the death of the high priest. 33 Do not pollute the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land; and no atonement can be made for the land that has been defiled by bloodshed except by the blood of the one who shed it. 34 Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell, for I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.
  • Gen 9:5-6 : 5 I will require an accounting for your lifeblood. I will demand it from any animal and from every person. From each person, I will demand an accounting for the life of another person. 6 Whoever sheds human blood, by humans will their blood be shed; for in the image of God, God made mankind.
  • Exod 21:12-14 : 12 Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death. 13 But if he did not intend to kill, and it was allowed by God to happen, then I will provide a place where he can flee. 14 However, if someone schemes and acts deliberately to kill his neighbor, you shall take him even from my altar to be put to death.
  • Num 35:12 : 12 These cities shall serve as a refuge from the avenger of blood, so that the one who killed someone unintentionally may not be put to death until they stand trial before the congregation.
  • Num 35:16-21 : 16 But if someone strikes another with an iron object and the person dies, they are a murderer, and the murderer shall be put to death. 17 If 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. 18 Or 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. 19 The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when they encounter the murderer, the avenger is to put them to death. 20 If someone pushes another out of hatred or throws something at them with intent and the person dies, 21 or 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.
  • Matt 5:38 : 38 You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'
  • Deut 21:7-9 : 7 and they shall declare, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. 8 LORD, make atonement for Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the guilt of innocent blood against Your people Israel.’ And the bloodshed will be atoned for. 9 So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from among you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
  • 1 Kgs 2:5-6 : 5 Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—how he killed the two commanders of Israel's armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He shed their blood as if in war during a time of peace, staining his belt and sandals with the blood. 6 Act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to the grave in peace.
  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32 : 31 The king said to him, 'Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and my father's house the guilt of the blood that Joab shed without cause. 32 The LORD will bring back his blood on his own head, because he struck down two men more righteous and better than himself—Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel's army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah's army—killing them with the sword without my father David knowing it.
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 Ask the previous generation, and give thought to the findings of their ancestors; 9 for we were only born yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow. 10 Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?
  • 2 Sam 20:18 : 18 She continued, "In the past, people said, 'Seek advice in Abel,' and that is how matters were settled.
  • Deut 16:18 : 18 Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 5:17-18
    2 verses
    84%

    17You shall not murder.

    18You shall not commit adultery.

  • Matt 5:22-23
    2 verses
    82%

    22But I say to you, everyone who is angry with their brother without cause will be subject to judgment. Whoever says to their brother, ‘Raka!’ will be answerable to the council, and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell.

    23So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

  • Exod 20:13-14
    2 verses
    80%

    13You shall not murder.

    14You shall not commit adultery.

  • Jas 2:11
    80%

    11For He who said, 'You shall not commit adultery,' also said, 'You shall not murder.' Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

  • Matt 5:27-28
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    77%

    27You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

    28But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

  • Lev 24:17
    77%

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

  • Matt 5:38
    75%

    38You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'

  • Exod 21:12
    75%

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

  • Exod 21:14-15
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    75%

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

    15Anyone who strikes his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Matt 19:18
    74%

    18The man asked, "Which ones?" Jesus answered, "Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony,

  • Matt 5:33
    74%

    33Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'Do not break your oaths, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.'

  • Matt 5:19-20
    2 verses
    74%

    19So whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

    20For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.

  • Num 35:21
    73%

    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.

  • Lev 24:21
    72%

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

  • Num 35:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    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 15:4-5
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    72%

    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,’

  • Exod 21:17
    72%

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

  • 1 John 3:15
    72%

    15Everyone who hates their brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in them.

  • Num 35:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Matt 5:43
    72%

    43You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'

  • Deut 19:20-21
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    71%

    20Then the rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and they will never again commit such an evil thing among you.

    21You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Lev 20:9-10
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    71%

    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.

  • Exod 21:23
    71%

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

  • Num 35:19
    71%

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

  • Matt 7:1
    71%

    1Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

  • Jas 5:6
    71%

    6You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, who does not resist you.

  • Luke 12:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body but can do nothing more afterward.

    5But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after killing, has the authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!

  • Luke 18:20
    70%

    20You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'

  • Deut 19:10-12
    3 verses
    70%

    10This is to prevent the shedding of innocent blood within the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

    11But if someone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, attacks him, and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and then flees to one of these cities,

    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.

  • Matt 10:21
    70%

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

  • Mark 10:19
    70%

    19'You know the commandments: "Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother."'

  • Matt 10:28
    70%

    28Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, fear the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

  • Exod 35:2
    70%

    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 31:14
    70%

    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.

  • Matt 5:31
    70%

    31It has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

  • Deut 13:9
    69%

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