Exodus 21:20
“If a man strikes his male or his female servant with a staff and the servant dies at his hand, he must be punished.
Genesis 4:15
And the Lord said to him, “
Genesis 4:24
“If Cain is avenged sevenfold [as the Lord said he would be],
Then Lamech [will be avenged]
Genesis 9:6
“Whoever sheds man’s blood [unlawfully],
By man (judicial government) shall his blood be shed,
For in the image of God
He made man.
Exodus 21:26-27
“If a man hits the eye of his male servant or female servant and it is destroyed, he must let the servant go free because of [the loss of] the eye.
Numbers 35:19
The blood avenger shall himself put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him.
Numbers 35:30-33
‘If anyone kills a person [intentionally], the murderer shall be put to death on the testimony of [two or more] witnesses; but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of [only] one witness.
Deuteronomy 19:21
You shall not show pity [to the guilty one]: it shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Proverbs 29:19
A servant will not be corrected by words alone;
For though he understands, he will not respond [nor pay attention].
Isaiah 58:3-4
‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You do not see it?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?’
Hear this [O Israel], on the day of your fast [when you should be grieving for your sins] you find something you desire [to do],
And you force your hired servants to work [instead of stopping all work, as the law teaches].
Romans 13:4
For he is God’s servant to you for good. But if you do wrong, [you should] be afraid; for he does not carry the [executioner’s] sword for nothing. He is God’s servant, an avenger who brings punishment on the wrongdoer.
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He shall
Punished
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Bible References
Smite
A servant will not be corrected by words alone;
For though he understands, he will not respond [nor pay attention].
‘Why have we fasted,’ they say, ‘and You do not see it?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?’
Hear this [O Israel], on the day of your fast [when you should be grieving for your sins] you find something you desire [to do],
And you force your hired servants to work [instead of stopping all work, as the law teaches].
He shall
“Whoever sheds man’s blood [unlawfully],
By man (judicial government) shall his blood be shed,
For in the image of God
He made man.