Exodus 21:20

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And if a man smite his seruant, or his maide with a rod, and he die vnder his hande, he shalbe surely punished.

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  • Gen 4:15 : 15 Then the Lord said vnto him, Doubtlesse whosoeuer slayeth Kain, he shalbe punished seue folde; the Lord set a marke vpon Kain, lest any man finding him should kill him.
  • Gen 4:24 : 24 If Kain shalbe auenged seuen folde, truely Lamech, seuentie times seuen folde.
  • Gen 9:6 : 6 Who so sheadeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God hath he made man.
  • Exod 21:26-27 : 26 And if a man smite his seruant in the eie, or his maide in the eye, and hath perished it, hee shall let him goe free for his eye. 27 Also if he smite out his seruants tooth, or his maides tooth, he shall let him goe out free for his tooth.
  • Num 35:19 : 19 The reuenger of the blood himselfe shall slay the murtherer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
  • Num 35:30-33 : 30 Whosoeuer killeth any person, the Iudge shall slay the murtherer, through witnesses: but one witnesse shall not testifie against a person to cause him to die. 31 Moreouer ye shall take no recompense for the life of the murtherer, which is worthy to die: but he shalbe put to death. 32 Also ye shall take no recompense for him that is fled to the citie of his refuge, that he should come againe, and dwell in the lande, before the death of the hie Priest. 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye shall dwell: for blood defileth the land: and the land cannot be clensed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
  • Deut 19:21 : 21 Therefore thine eye shall have no compassion, but life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foote for foote.
  • Prov 29:19 : 19 A seruant will not be chastised with words: though he vnderstand, yet he will not answere.
  • Isa 58:3-4 : 3 Wherefore haue we fasted, and thou seest it not? we haue punished our selues, and thou regardest it not. Beholde, in the day of your fast you will seeke your will, and require all your dettes. 4 Beholde, ye fast to strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickednesse: ye shall not fast as ye doe to day, to make your voyce to be heard aboue.
  • Rom 13:4 : 4 For he is ye minister of God for thy wealth, but if thou do euill, feare: for he beareth not the sworde for nought: for he is the minister of God to take vengeance on him that doeth euill.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 21:21-32
    12 verses
    82%

    21But if he continue a day, or two dayes, hee shall not be punished: for he is his money.

    22Also if men striue and hurt a woman with childe, so that her childe depart from her, and death followe not, hee shall bee surely punished according as the womans husbande shall appoynt him, or he shall pay as the Iudges determine.

    23But if death followe, then thou shalt paye life for life,

    24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hande for hand, foote for foote,

    25Burning for burning, wound for wounde, stripe for stripe.

    26And if a man smite his seruant in the eie, or his maide in the eye, and hath perished it, hee shall let him goe free for his eye.

    27Also if he smite out his seruants tooth, or his maides tooth, he shall let him goe out free for his tooth.

    28If an oxe gore a man or a woman, that he die, the oxe shalbe stoned to death, and his flesh shall not be eaten, but the owner of the oxe shall goe quite.

    29If the oxe were wont to push in times past, and it hath bene tolde his master, and hee hath not kept him, and after he killeth a man or a woman, the oxe shall be stoned, and his owner shall die also.

    30If there be set to him a summe of mony, then he shal pay the raunsome of his life, whatsoeuer shalbe laied vpon him.

    31Whether he hath gored a sonne or gored a daughter, he shalbe iudged after the same maner.

    32If the oxe gore a seruant or a mayde, hee shal giue vnto their master thirtie shekels of siluer, and the oxe shalbe stoned.

  • Exod 21:14-19
    6 verses
    82%

    14But if a man come presumptuously vpon his neighbour to slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

    15Also hee that smiteth his father or his mother, shall die the death.

    16And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, if it be founde with him, shal die the death.

    17And hee that curseth his father or his mother, shall die the death.

    18When men also striue together, and one smite another with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but lieth in bed,

    19If hee rise againe and walke without vpon his staffe, then shall he that smote him go quite, saue onely hee shall beare his charges for his resting, and shall pay for his healing.

  • Exod 21:11-12
    2 verses
    81%

    11And if he do not these three vnto her, the shall she go out free, paying no money.

    12He that smiteth a man, and he die, shal dye the death.

  • Num 35:16-18
    3 verses
    75%

    16And if one smite another with an instrument of yron that hee die, hee is a murtherer, and the murtherer shall die the death.

    17Also if hee smite him by casting a stone, wherewith hee may be slaine, and he die, hee is a murtherer, and the murtherer shall die the death.

    18Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may be slaine, if he die, he is a murtherer, and the murtherer shall die the death.

  • Exod 21:4-7
    4 verses
    75%

    4If his master haue giuen him a wife, and she hath borne him sonnes or daughters, he wife and her children shalbe her masters, but he shall goe out himselfe alone.

    5But if the seruant saye thus, I loue my master, my wife and my children, I will not goe out free,

    6Then his master shall bring him vnto the Iudges, & set him to the dore, or to the poste, and his master shall bore his eare through with a nawle, and he shall serue him for euer.

    7Likewise if a man sell his daughter to be a seruant, she shal not goe out as the men seruantes doe.

  • Prov 23:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13Withhold not correction from the childe: if thou smite him with the rodde, he shall not die.

    14Thou shalt smite him with the rodde, and shalt deliuer his soule from hell.

  • Exod 21:2
    74%

    2If thou bye an Ebrewe seruant, he shall serue sixe yeres, and in the seuenth he shal go out free, for nothing.

  • Deut 25:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Then if so be the wicked be worthy to bee beaten, the iudge shall cause him to lie downe, and to be beaten before his face, according to his trespasse, vnto a certaine nomber.

    3Fortie stripes shal he cause him to haue & not past, lest if he should exceede and beate him aboue that with many stripes, thy brother should appeare despised in thy sight.

  • Lev 24:17
    73%

    17He also that killeth any man, he shal be put to death.

  • Num 35:21
    73%

    21Or smite him through enimitie with his hand, that he die, he that smote him shal die ye death: for hee is a murtherer: the reuenger of the blood shall slay the murtherer when he meeteth him.

  • Prov 29:21
    73%

    21He that delicately bringeth vp his seruant from youth, at length he will be euen as his sone.

  • Lev 19:20
    73%

    20Whosoeuer also lyeth and medleth with a woman that is a bonde mayde, affianced to a husbande, and not redeemed, nor freedome giuen her, she shalbe scourged, but they shall not die, because she is not made free.

  • Deut 21:22
    72%

    22If a man also haue committed a trespasse worthy of death, and is put to death, & thou hangest him on a tree,

  • Lev 24:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19Also if a man cause any blemish in his neighbour: as he hath done, so shall it be done to him.

    20Breache for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: such a blemish as he hath made in any, such shalbe repayed to him.

    21And he that killeth a beast shall restore it: but he that killeth a man shall be slaine.

  • Matt 21:35
    72%

    35And ye husbandmen tooke his seruants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

  • Deut 15:17
    72%

    17Then shalt thou take a naule, and perce his eare through against the doore, and he shall be thy seruant for euer: and vnto thy maid seruant thou shall doe likewise.

  • Exod 21:35-36
    2 verses
    71%

    35And if a mans oxe hurt his neighbours oxe that he die, then they shal sel the liue oxe, & deuide the money thereof, and the dead oxe also they shall deuide.

    36Or if it bee knowen that the oxe hath vsed to push in times past, & his master hath not kept him, he shal pay oxe for oxe, but the dead shall be his owne.

  • Exod 22:2
    71%

    2If a thiefe bee founde breaking vp, and be smitten that he dye, no blood shall be shed for him.

  • Exod 22:14
    71%

    14And if a man borow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or els die, the owner thereof not being by, he shal surely make it good.

  • Deut 21:18
    71%

    18If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, which wil not hearken vnto the voice of his father, nor the voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he would not obey them,

  • Job 31:13
    71%

    13If I did contemne the iudgement of my seruant, and of my mayde, when they did contend with me,

  • Lev 20:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9If there be any that curseth his father or his mother, he shall die the death: seeing hee hath cursed his father and his mother, his blood shalbe vpon him.

    10And the man that committeth adulterie with another mans wife, because he hath comitted adulterie with his neighbours wife, the adulterer and the adulteresse shall die the death.