Exodus 21:20
If a man hits his male servant or his female servant with a staff, and if the servant dies as a result of the blow, then that man must surely be punished.
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Genesis 4:24If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech will be avenged seventy-seven times.”
Exodus 21:26If a man hits the eye of his male servant or of his female servant and destroys it, then he must let the servant go free in compensation for his eye.
Numbers 35:30Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be killed, as testified to by the words of witnesses. But one witness' word alone may not cause any person to be put to death.
Proverbs 29:19A slave will not be corrected by words, 1 for though he understands, there will be no response. 1
Romans 13:4For he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for he does not carry the sword for no reason. For he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath on the one who does evil.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:13-22
12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to… Read the whole commentary →