Exodus 21:17
“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.
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- Prov 20:20 : 20 The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
- Prov 30:11 : 11 There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
- Deut 27:16 : 16 ‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
- Lev 20:9-9 : 9 Family 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. 10 If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
- 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.
- Matt 15:3-6 : 3 He answered them,“And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? 4 For God said,‘Honor your father and mother’ and‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’ 5 But you say,‘If someone tells his father or mother,“Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,” 6 he does not need to honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.
- Mark 7:10-11 : 10 For Moses said,‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and,‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’ 11 But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother,‘Whatever help you would have received from me is corban’(that is, a gift for God),
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- Lev 20:9-113 verses93%
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.
- Exod 21:14-163 verses92%
14But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.
15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
16“Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death.
- Matt 15:4-52 verses87%
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,”
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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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16‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
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20The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.
- Lev 24:14-174 verses82%
14“Bring the one who cursed outside the camp, and all who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the whole congregation is to stone him to death.
15Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites,‘If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin,
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.
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12Personal Injuries“Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death.
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11There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
- Exod 20:12-132 verses77%
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 verses77%
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.
- Num 35:16-183 verses77%
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.
- 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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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.
- Deut 21:21-222 verses75%
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,
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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,
- Exod 31:14-152 verses74%
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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19honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.”
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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.
- Lev 20:13-142 verses74%
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.
14If a man has marital relations with both a woman and her mother, it is lewdness. Both he and they must be burned to death, so there is no lewdness in your midst.
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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.
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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.
- Deut 13:9-102 verses73%
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.
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5you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing– that very man or woman– and you must stone that person to death.
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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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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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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.
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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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2“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely,
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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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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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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.