Genesis 4:15

Good News Translation

But the Lord answered, “No. If anyone kills you, seven lives will be taken in revenge.” So the Lord put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who met him not to kill him.

Cross References

Genesis 4:24

If seven lives are taken to pay for killing Cain, Seventy-seven will be taken if anyone kills me.”

1 Kings 16:7

That message from the Lord against Baasha and his family was given by the prophet Jehu because of the sins that Baasha committed against the Lord. He aroused the Lord's anger not only because of the evil he did, just as King Jeroboam had done before him, but also because he killed all of Jeroboam's family.

Psalm 59:11

Do not kill them, O God, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your strength and defeat them, O Lord, our protector.

Psalm 79:12

Lord, pay the other nations back seven times for all the insults they have hurled at you.

Proverbs 6:31

yet if he is caught, he must pay back seven times more—he must give up everything he has.

Ezekiel 9:4

“Go through the whole city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the forehead of everyone who is distressed and troubled because of all the disgusting things being done in the city.”

Ezekiel 9:6

Kill the old men, young men, young women, mothers, and children. But don't touch anyone who has the mark on his forehead. Start here at my Temple.” So they began with the leaders who were standing there at the Temple.

Hosea 1:4

the Lord said to Hosea, “Name him ‘Jezreel,’ because it will not be long before I punish the king of Israel for the murders that his ancestor Jehu committed at Jezreel. I am going to put an end to Jehu's dynasty.

Leviticus 26:18

“If even after all of this you still do not obey me, I will increase your punishment seven times.

Leviticus 26:21

“If you still continue to resist me and refuse to obey me, I will again increase your punishment seven times.

Leviticus 26:24

then I will turn on you and punish you seven times harder than before.

Leviticus 26:28

then in my anger I will turn on you and again make your punishment seven times worse than before.

Matthew 26:52

“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “All who take the sword will die by the sword.

Revelation 14:11

The smoke of the fire that torments them goes up forever and ever. There is no relief day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, for anyone who has the mark of its name.”

Revelation 14:9

A third angel followed the first two, saying in a loud voice, “Those who worship the beast and its image and receive the mark on their forehead or on their hand