Exodus 21:33

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“If a man opens a pit or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 9:15 : 15 The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden.
  • Ps 119:85 : 85 The arrogant dig pits to trap me, which violates your law.
  • Prov 28:10 : 10 The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
  • Eccl 10:8 : 8 Wisdom is Needed to Avert Dangers in Everyday Life One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
  • Jer 18:20 : 20 Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them.
  • Jer 18:22 : 22 Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 21:34-36
    3 verses
    85%

    34the owner of the pit must repay the loss. He must give money to its owner, and the dead animal will become his.

    35If the ox of one man injures the ox of his neighbor so that it dies, then they will sell the live ox and divide its proceeds, and they will also divide the dead ox.

    36Or if it is known that the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner did not take the necessary precautions, he must surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal will become his.

  • Exod 22:9-11
    3 verses
    78%

    9In all cases of illegal possessions, whether for an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any kind of lost item, about which someone says‘This belongs to me,’ the matter of the two of them will come before the judges, and the one whom the judges declare guilty must repay double to his neighbor.

    10If a man gives his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is injured or is carried away without anyone seeing it,

    11then there will be an oath to the LORD between the two of them, that he has not laid his hand on his neighbor’s goods, and its owner will accept this, and he will not have to pay.

  • Exod 21:28-32
    5 verses
    78%

    28Laws about Animals“If an ox gores a man or a woman so that either dies, then the ox must surely be stoned and its flesh must not be eaten, but the owner of the ox will be acquitted.

    29But if the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner was warned, and he did not take the necessary precautions, and then it killed a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned and the man must be put to death.

    30If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.

    31If the ox gores a son or a daughter, the owner will be dealt with according to this rule.

    32If the ox gores a male servant or a female servant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver, and the ox must be stoned.

  • Eccl 10:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8Wisdom is Needed to Avert Dangers in Everyday Life One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.

    9One who quarries stones may be injured by them; one who splits logs may be endangered by them.

  • Ps 7:15
    73%

    15he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

  • Prov 26:27
    73%

    27The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone– it will come back on him.

  • Exod 22:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4If the stolen item should in fact be found alive in his possession, whether it be an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he must pay back double.

    5“If a man grazes his livestock in a field or a vineyard, and he lets the livestock loose and they graze in the field of another man, he must make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

    6“If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or standing grain or the whole field is consumed, the one who started the fire must surely make restitution.

  • Exod 23:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

    4“If you encounter your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, you must by all means return it to him.

    5If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen under its load, you must not ignore him, but be sure to help him with it.

  • Deut 22:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3You shall do the same to his donkey, his clothes, or anything else your neighbor has lost and you have found; you must not refuse to get involved.

    4When you see your neighbor’s donkey or ox fallen along the road, do not ignore it; instead, you must be sure to help him get the animal on its feet again.

  • Exod 22:13-15
    3 verses
    70%

    13If it is torn in pieces, then he will bring it for evidence, and he will not have to pay for what was torn.

    14“If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is hurt or dies when its owner was not with it, the man who borrowed it will surely pay.

    15If its owner was with it, he will not have to pay; if it was hired, what was paid for the hire covers it.

  • Exod 22:1
    70%

    1Laws about Property(21:37)“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he must pay back five head of cattle for the ox, and four sheep for the one sheep.

  • Prov 28:10
    70%

    10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • Deut 22:10
    69%

    10You must not plow with an ox and a donkey harnessed together.

  • Lev 24:18-21
    4 verses
    69%

    18One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, life for life.

    19If a man inflicts an injury on his fellow citizen, just as he has done it must be done to him–

    20fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth– just as he inflicts an injury on another person that same injury must be inflicted on him.

    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.

  • Luke 14:5
    69%

    5Then he said to them,“Which of you, if you have a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?”

  • Matt 12:11
    69%

    11He said to them,“Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out?

  • Exod 21:18-20
    3 verses
    69%

    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,

    19and then if he gets up and walks about outside on his staff, then the one who struck him is innocent, except he must pay for the injured person’s loss of time and see to it that he is fully healed.

    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.

  • Deut 22:1
    68%

    1Laws Concerning Preservation of Life When you see your neighbor’s ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; you must return it without fail to your neighbor.

  • Deut 25:4
    68%

    4You must not muzzle your ox when it is treading grain.

  • Deut 21:3
    68%

    3Then the elders of the city nearest to the corpse must take from the herd a heifer that has not been worked– that has never pulled with the yoke–

  • Num 16:30
    68%

    30But if the LORD does something entirely new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up along with all that they have, and they go down alive to the grave, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD.

  • Isa 32:20
    68%

    20you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze.

  • Deut 28:31
    68%

    31Your ox will be slaughtered before your very eyes but you will not eat of it. Your donkey will be stolen from you as you watch and will not be returned to you. Your flock of sheep will be given to your enemies and there will be no one to save you.

  • Isa 30:24
    68%

    24The oxen and donkeys used in plowing will eat seasoned feed winnowed with a shovel and pitchfork.

  • Num 22:33
    68%

    33The donkey saw me and turned from me these three times. If she had not turned from me, I would have killed you but saved her alive.”

  • Prov 28:17
    67%

    17The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

  • Prov 27:23
    67%

    23Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds,

  • Exod 21:23
    67%

    23But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life,

  • Deut 22:8
    67%

    8If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it.

  • Deut 21:1
    67%

    1Laws Concerning Unsolved Murder If a homicide victim should be found lying in a field in the land the LORD your God is giving you, and no one knows who killed him,