Exodus 21:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Deut 24:7 : 7 If a man is found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and makes merchandise of him, or sells him; then that thief shall die; and you shall put away the evil from among you.
  • Exod 22:4 : 4 If the stolen goods are found alive in his hand, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall restore double.
  • 1 Tim 1:10 : 10 For fornicators, for those who defile themselves with mankind, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine,
  • Gen 37:28 : 28 Then Midianite merchants passed by; and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
  • Gen 40:15 : 15 For indeed I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews: and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
  • Rev 18:12 : 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all kinds of citron wood, and all types of vessels of ivory, and all kinds of vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 24:6-7
    2 verses
    86%

    6No man shall take the lower or the upper millstone as a pledge: for he takes a man's life as a pledge.

    7If a man is found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and makes merchandise of him, or sells him; then that thief shall die; and you shall put away the evil from among you.

  • Exod 21:12-15
    4 verses
    83%

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

    13However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint a place for you where he may flee.

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

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

  • Exod 21:17
    81%

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

  • Lev 24:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    16And 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.

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

  • Exod 21:20
    77%

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

  • Lev 20:9-11
    3 verses
    76%

    9For 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.

    10And 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.

    11And 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 22:1-4
    4 verses
    76%

    1If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he shall restore five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

    2If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodshed for him.

    3If the sun has risen upon him, there shall be bloodshed for him, for he should make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

    4If the stolen goods are found alive in his hand, whether it is ox, donkey, or sheep, he shall restore double.

  • Lev 24:21
    76%

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

  • Deut 21:21-22
    2 verses
    75%

    21And 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.

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

  • Deut 13:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9But 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.

    10And 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.

  • Exod 21:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29But if the ox was known to gore in time past, and its owner has been warned, and he has not kept it in, and it kills a man or woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.

    30If there is imposed on him a sum of money, then he shall pay to redeem his life whatever is imposed on him.

  • Lev 20:13
    73%

    13If 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.

  • Num 35:31
    73%

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

  • Num 35:16-18
    3 verses
    73%

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

    17And 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.

    18Or 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.

  • Deut 17:5
    72%

    5then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has committed this wicked thing, and shall stone them with stones until they die.

  • Num 35:21
    72%

    21Or 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.

  • Exod 20:15
    72%

    15You shall not steal.

  • Exod 21:26
    72%

    26If a man strikes the eye of his servant or the eye of his maid so that it is destroyed, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.

  • Lev 20:15
    72%

    15And if a man lies with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and you shall slay the beast.

  • Exod 31:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14You 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.

    15Six 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.

  • Lev 27:29
    71%

    29None devoted, which shall be devoted by men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.

  • Lev 19:20
    71%

    20And whoever lies carnally with a woman who is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

  • Deut 22:25
    71%

    25But if a man finds a betrothed young woman in the field, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die.

  • Exod 21:2
    71%

    2If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years; and in the seventh he shall go out free, without paying anything.

  • Num 15:35
    71%

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

  • Exod 22:12
    71%

    12If it is stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner.

  • Exod 22:8
    70%

    8If the thief is not found, then the owner of the house shall be brought to the judges to determine whether he has taken his neighbor's goods.

  • Exod 21:7
    70%

    7And if a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.

  • Exod 21:32
    70%

    32If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

  • Lev 20:27
    70%

    27A man or woman who has a familiar spirit, or who is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.

  • Gen 44:9
    70%

    9Whichever of your servants it is found with, let him die, and we also will be my lord's slaves.

  • Matt 15:4
    70%

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

  • Deut 22:22
    70%

    22If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; so you shall put away evil from Israel.

  • Lev 20:2
    70%

    2Again, you shall say to the children of Israel, Whoever of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, who gives any of his offspring to Molech, he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.