Leviticus 24:16

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and one who misuses the name of the LORD must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must surely stone him, whether he is a resident foreigner or a native citizen; when he misuses the Name he must be put to death.

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  • Matt 12:31 : 31 For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
  • Matt 26:66 : 66 What is your verdict?” They answered,“He is guilty and deserves death.”
  • Mark 3:28-29 : 28 I tell you the truth, people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter. 29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin”
  • John 8:58-59 : 58 Jesus said to them,“I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!” 59 Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden from them and went out from the temple area.
  • John 10:33-36 : 33 The Jewish leaders replied,“We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God.” 34 Jesus answered,“Is it not written in your law,‘I said, you are gods’? 35 If those people to whom the word of God came were called‘gods’(and the scripture cannot be broken), 36 do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world,‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said,‘I am the Son of God’?
  • Acts 26:11 : 11 I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities.
  • 1 Tim 1:13 : 13 even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,
  • Jas 2:7 : 7 Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to?
  • Exod 20:7 : 7 “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain.
  • 1 Kgs 21:10-13 : 10 Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify,‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.” 11 The men of the city, the leaders and the nobles who lived there, followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them. 12 They observed a time of fasting and put Naboth in front of the people. 13 The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying,“Naboth cursed God and the king.” So they dragged him outside the city and stoned him to death.
  • Ps 74:10 : 10 How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?
  • Ps 74:18 : 18 Remember how the enemy hurls insults, O LORD, and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!
  • Ps 139:20 : 20 They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 24:17
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    17“‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.

  • Lev 24:13-15
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    81%

    13Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    14“Bring the one who cursed outside the camp, and all who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the whole congregation is to stone him to death.

    15Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites,‘If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin,

  • Num 15:35-37
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    35Then the LORD said to Moses,“The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone him with stones outside the camp.”

    36So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

    37Rules for Tassels The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Lev 20:9-11
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    79%

    9Family Life and Sexual Prohibitions“‘If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.

    10If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

    11If a man goes to bed with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.

  • Exod 21:14-17
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    14But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.

    15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.

    16“Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death.

    17“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.

  • Exod 31:14-15
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    14So you must keep the Sabbath, for it is holy for you. Everyone who defiles it must surely be put to death; indeed, if anyone does any work on it, then that person will be cut off from among his people.

    15Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD; anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.

  • Lev 24:23
    76%

    23Then Moses spoke to the Israelites and they brought the one who cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. So the Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Deut 13:9-11
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    75%

    9Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community.

    10You must stone him to death because he tried to entice you away from the LORD your God, who delivered you from the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.

    11Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.

  • Exod 21:12
    75%

    12Personal Injuries“Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death.

  • Num 15:30-31
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    30Deliberate Sin“‘But the person who acts defiantly, whether native-born or a resident foreigner, insults the LORD. That person must be cut off from among his people.

    31Because he has despised the LORD’s message and has broken his commandment, that person must be completely cut off. His iniquity will be on him.’”

  • Deut 17:5-7
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    5you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing– that very man or woman– and you must stone that person to death.

    6At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.

    7The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

  • Lev 20:2
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    2“You are to say to the Israelites,‘Any man from the Israelites or from the resident foreigners who live in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people of the land must pelt him with stones.

  • Lev 20:27
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    27Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums“‘A man or woman who has in them a spirit of the dead or a familiar spirit must be put to death. They must pelt them with stones; their blood guilt is on themselves.’”

  • Num 35:16-18
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    16“But if he hits someone with an iron tool so that he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

    17If he strikes him by throwing a stone large enough that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

    18Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon so that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.

  • Exod 35:2
    74%

    2In six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Anyone who does work on it will be put to death.

  • Lev 20:13
    74%

    13If a man goes to bed with a male as one goes to bed with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.

  • Deut 21:21-22
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    74%

    21Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.

    22Disposition of a Criminal’s Remains If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse on a tree,

  • Lev 24:21
    73%

    21One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death.

  • Deut 17:12
    73%

    12The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the LORD your God there, or to the judge– that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.

  • Exod 19:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12You must set boundaries for the people all around, saying,‘Take heed to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death!

    13No hand will touch him– but he will surely be stoned or shot through, whether a beast or a human being; he must not live.’ When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast they may go up on the mountain.”

  • 2 Chr 15:13
    72%

    13Anyone who would not seek the LORD God of Israel would be executed, whether they were young or old, male or female.

  • Matt 15:4
    72%

    4For God said,‘Honor your father and mother’ and‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’

  • Num 35:30
    72%

    30“Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony of witnesses, but one witness cannot testify against any person to cause him to be put to death.

  • Exod 22:19
    71%

    19“Whoever has sexual relations with a beast must surely be put to death.

  • Deut 18:20
    71%

    20“But if any prophet presumes to speak anything in my name that I have not authorized him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die.

  • Exod 20:7
    71%

    7“You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain.

  • Num 17:13
    70%

    13(17:28) Anyone who even comes close to the tabernacle of the LORD will die! Are we all to die?”

  • Deut 13:5
    70%

    5As for that prophet or dreamer, he must be executed because he encouraged rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, redeeming you from that place of slavery, and because he has tried to entice you from the way the LORD your God has commanded you to go. In this way you must purge out evil from within.

  • Deut 29:20
    70%

    20The LORD will be unwilling to forgive him, and his intense anger will rage against that man; all the curses written in this scroll will fall upon him and the LORD will obliterate his name from memory.

  • Deut 24:7
    70%

    7If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, and regards him as mere property and sells him, that kidnapper must die. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

  • Mark 14:64
    70%

    64You have heard the blasphemy! What is your verdict?” They all condemned him as deserving death.