Exodus 21:15

Easy To Read Version

“Any person who hits his father or his mother must be killed.

Cross References

Exodus 21:14

But if a person planned to kill another person because he is angry or hates him, then that killer must be punished. Take him away from my altar [134] and kill him.

Exodus 21:16

“If a person steals someone to sell him as a slave or to keep him for his own slave, then that person must be killed.

Proverbs 30:11

Some people speak against their fathers. And they don’t show respect for their mothers.

Proverbs 30:17

Any person who makes fun of his father or refuses to obey his mother will be punished. It will be as bad for him as if his eyes were eaten by vultures and wild birds.

Deuteronomy 27:24

“{The Levites will say,} ‘Cursed is the person that kills another person, even if he is not caught!’

1 Timothy 1:9

We also know that the law is not made for good people. The law is made for people who are against the law and for people who refuse to follow the law. The law is for people who are against God and are sinful, people who are not holy and have no religion, people who kill their fathers and mothers, murderers,