Genesis 4:15

New American Bible - revised edition

Not so! the Lord said to him. If anyone kills Cain, Cain shall be avenged seven times. So the Lord put a mark on Cain, so that no one would kill him at sight.

Cross References

Ezekiel 9:4

and the Lord said to him: Pass through the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and mark an X on the foreheads of those who grieve and lament over all the abominations practiced within it.

Psalm 79:12

Turn back sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the insult with which they insulted you, Lord.

Ezekiel 9:6

Old and young, male and female, women and children—wipe them out! But do not touch anyone marked with the X. Begin at my sanctuary. So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

Genesis 4:24

If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times.”

Revelation 14:11

The smoke of the fire that torments them will rise forever and ever, and there will be no relief day or night for those who worship the beast or its image or accept the mark of its name.”

Revelation 14:9

A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice, “Anyone who worships the beast or its image, or accepts its mark on forehead or hand,

Matthew 26:52

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its sheath, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

Hosea 1:4

Then the Lord said to him: Give him the name “Jezreel,” for in a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed at Jezreel and bring to an end the kingdom of the house of Israel;

Psalm 59:11

my loving God. May God go before me, and show me my fallen foes.

1 Kings 16:7

(Through the prophet Jehu, son of Hanani, the word of the Lord came against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil Baasha did in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger by his deeds so that he became like the house of Jeroboam, and because of what he destroyed.) Reign of Elah.

Leviticus 26:28

I will continue in my hostile rage toward you, and I myself will discipline you for your sins sevenfold,

Leviticus 26:24

I, too, will continue to be hostile to you and I, for my part, will smite you for your sins sevenfold.

Leviticus 26:21

If then you continue hostile, unwilling to obey me, I will multiply my blows sevenfold, as your sins deserve.

Leviticus 26:18

If even after this you do not obey me, I will increase the chastisement for your sins sevenfold,

Proverbs 6:31

Yet if caught they must pay back sevenfold, yield up all the wealth of their house.