Genesis 4:15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then the Lord said to him, “Not so! Whoever kills Cain will suffer a sevenfold vengeance.” And the Lord put a mark on Cain, so that no one who came upon him would kill him.

Cross References

Genesis 4:24

If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

1 Kings 16:7

Moreover, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because he destroyed it.

Psalm 59:11

Do not kill them, or my people may forget; make them totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield.

Psalm 79:12

Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the taunts with which they taunted you, O Lord!

Proverbs 6:31

Yet if they are caught, they will pay sevenfold; they will forfeit all the goods of their house.

Ezekiel 9:4

and said to him, “Go through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of those who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.”

Ezekiel 9:6

Cut down old men, young men and young women, little children and women, but touch no one who has the mark. And begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were in front of the house.

Hosea 1:4

And the Lord said to him, “Name him Jezreel, for in a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

Leviticus 26:18

And if in spite of this you will not obey me, I will continue to punish you sevenfold for your sins.

Leviticus 26:21

“If you continue hostile to me and will not obey me, I will continue to plague you sevenfold for your sins.

Leviticus 26:24

then I, too, will continue hostile to you: I myself will strike you sevenfold for your sins.

Leviticus 26:28

I will continue hostile to you in fury; I in turn will punish you myself sevenfold for your sins.

Matthew 26:52

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

Revelation 14:11

And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. There is no rest day or night for those who worship the beast and its image and for anyone who receives the brand of its name.”

Revelation 14:9

Then another angel, a third, followed them, crying with a loud voice, “Those who worship the beast and its image and receive the brand on their foreheads or on their hands,