Exodus 21:12

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Whoever strikes a person mortally shall be put to death.

Cross References

Genesis 9:5

For your own lifeblood I will surely require a reckoning: from every animal I will require it and from human beings, each one for the blood of another, I will require a reckoning for human life.

Genesis 9:6

Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human shall that person's blood be shed; for in his own image God made humankind.

2 Samuel 12:13

David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan said to David, “Now the Lord has put away your sin; you shall not die.

Exodus 20:13

You shall not murder.

Exodus 21:11

And if he does not do these three things for her, she shall go out without debt, without payment of money.

Leviticus 24:17

Anyone who kills a human being shall be put to death.

Matthew 26:52

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

Deuteronomy 27:24

“Cursed be anyone who strikes down a neighbor in secret.” All the people shall say, “Amen!”