Exodus 21:15
“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
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Referenced Verses
- Deut 21:18-21 : 18 If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail, 19 his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city. 20 They must declare to the elders of his city,“Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say– he is a glutton and drunkard.” 21 Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
- Deut 27:24 : 24 ‘Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
- Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
- Prov 30:17 : 17 The eye that mocks at a father and despises obeying a mother– the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it.
- 1 Tim 1:9 : 9 realizing that law is not intended for a righteous person, but for lawless and rebellious people, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,
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- Exod 21:16-183 verses92%
16“Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death.
17“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.
18“If men fight, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die, but must remain in bed,
- Lev 20:9-113 verses88%
9Family Life and Sexual Prohibitions“‘If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.
10If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
11If a man goes to bed with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
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12Personal Injuries“Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death.
- Matt 15:4-52 verses85%
4For God said,‘Honor your father and mother’ and‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’
5But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,”
- Lev 24:16-172 verses83%
16and one who misuses the name of the LORD must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must surely stone him, whether he is a resident foreigner or a native citizen; when he misuses the Name he must be put to death.
17“‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.
- Num 35:16-216 verses80%
16“But if he hits someone with an iron tool so that he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.
17If he strikes him by throwing a stone large enough that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.
18Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon so that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.
19The avenger of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.
20“But if he strikes him out of hatred or throws something at him intentionally so that he dies,
21or with enmity he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death, for he is a murderer. The avenger of blood must kill the murderer when he meets him.
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10For Moses said,‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and,‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’
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14But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.
- Exod 20:12-132 verses79%
12“Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the LORD your God is giving to you.
13“You shall not murder.
- Deut 5:16-172 verses79%
16Honor your father and your mother just as the LORD your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you.
17You must not murder.
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16‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
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20“If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she dies as a result of the blow, he will surely be punished.
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26The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
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20The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
- Deut 13:9-102 verses76%
9Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community.
10You must stone him to death because he tried to entice you away from the LORD your God, who delivered you from the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.
- Deut 21:21-222 verses76%
21Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
22Disposition of a Criminal’s Remains If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse on a tree,
- Deut 21:18-192 verses76%
18If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail,
19his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.
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19honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”
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21One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death.
- Exod 31:14-152 verses75%
14So you must keep the Sabbath, for it is holy for you. Everyone who defiles it must surely be put to death; indeed, if anyone does any work on it, then that person will be cut off from among his people.
15Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD; anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.
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18As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity.
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21Anger and Murder“You have heard that it was said to an older generation,‘Do not murder,’ and‘whoever murders will be subjected to judgment.’
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24The one who robs his father and mother and says,“There is no transgression,” is a companion to the one who destroys.
- Num 35:30-312 verses74%
30“Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony of witnesses, but one witness cannot testify against any person to cause him to be put to death.
31Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.
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21“Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death.
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13If a man goes to bed with a male as one goes to bed with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
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16Fathers must not be put to death for what their children do, nor children for what their fathers do; each must be put to death for his own sin.
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35Then the LORD said to Moses,“The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone him with stones outside the camp.”
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12The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die.
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13Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die.
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2In six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Anyone who does work on it will be put to death.
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23But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life,