Exodus 21:15

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And he who strikes his father or his 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 will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them, 19 Then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place; 20 And they shall say to 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 with stones, that he may die: so shall you put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear and fear.
  • Deut 27:24 : 24 Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.
  • Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocks his father and despises 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 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

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  • Exod 21:16-18
    3 verses
    92%

    16 He who kidnaps a man, and sells him, or if he is found in his hand, shall surely be put to death.

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

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

  • Lev 20:9-11
    3 verses
    88%

    9 For everyone that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

    10 And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

    11 And the man that lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Exod 21:12
    87%

    12 He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

  • Matt 15:4-5
    2 verses
    85%

    4 For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die.

    5 But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me;

  • Lev 24:16-17
    2 verses
    83%

    16 And he who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: the stranger as well as the one born in the land, when he blasphemes the name of the LORD, shall be put to death.

    17 And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.

  • Num 35:16-21
    6 verses
    80%

    16 And if he strikes him with an iron instrument, so that he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    17 And if he strikes him with throwing a stone, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    18 Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which he may die, and he dies, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

    19 The avenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him.

    20 But if he pushes him out of hatred, or hurls at him by lying in wait so that he dies;

    21 Or in enmity strikes him with his hand, so that he dies, he who struck him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him.

  • Mark 7:10
    80%

    10 For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoever curses father or mother, let him be put to death.

  • Exod 21:14
    80%

    14 But if a man acts presumptuously against his neighbor, to kill him with guile, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

  • Exod 20:12-13
    2 verses
    79%

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

    13 You shall not murder.

  • Deut 5:16-17
    2 verses
    79%

    16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

    17 You shall not kill.

  • Deut 27:16
    78%

    16 Cursed be he who dishonors his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Exod 21:20
    78%

    20 And if a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

  • Prov 19:26
    77%

    26 He who wastes his father, and chases away his mother, is a son who causes shame, and brings reproach.

  • Prov 20:20
    76%

    20 Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in deep darkness.

  • Deut 13:9-10
    2 verses
    76%

    9 But 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.

    10 And you shall stone him with stones, that he die; because he has sought to push you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

  • Deut 21:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he may die: so shall you put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear and fear.

    22 And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    76%

    18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them,

    19 Then shall his father and his mother take hold of him, and bring him out to the elders of his city and to the gate of his place;

  • Matt 19:19
    75%

    19 Honor your father and your mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

  • Lev 24:21
    75%

    21 And he who kills a beast shall restore it: and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

  • Exod 31:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

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

    15 Six days may work be done; but the seventh is a Sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whoever does any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

  • Ezek 18:18
    75%

    18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did what is not good among his people, behold, even he shall die in his iniquity.

  • Matt 5:21
    75%

    21 You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder,' and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment:

  • Prov 28:24
    75%

    24 Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, It is no transgression, is a companion of a destroyer.

  • Num 35:30-31
    2 verses
    74%

    30 Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the testimony of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

    31 Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall surely be put to death.

  • Matt 10:21
    74%

    21 And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father the child; and the children shall rise against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

  • Lev 20:13
    74%

    13 If a man also lies with mankind, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Deut 24:16
    73%

    16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor 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%

    35 And the LORD said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.

  • Deut 19:12
    73%

    12 Then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, so that he may die.

  • Prov 23:13
    73%

    13 Do not withhold correction from a child, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

  • Exod 35:2
    73%

    2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whoever does any work on it shall be put to death.

  • Exod 21:23
    73%

    23 But if any harm follows, then you shall give life for life,