Cross references
Exodus 21:20
If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
Exodus 21:20 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 0 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Deuteronomy 19:21 (3 votes) and Proverbs 29:19 (3 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 12 other books, from Genesis 4 to Romans 13.
Which verses does Exodus 21:20 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Deuteronomy 19:213 votes
You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
- Proverbs 29:193 votes
A servant cannot be corrected by words alone; though he understands, he will not respond.
- Genesis 4:152 votes
“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
- Genesis 4:242 votes
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
- Genesis 9:62 votes
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
- Exodus 21:26–272 votes
If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye. And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
- Numbers 35:192 votes
The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
- Numbers 35:30–332 votes
If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness. You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death. …
- Isaiah 58:3–42 votes
“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers. You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.
- Romans 13:42 votes
For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
Which verses point to Exodus 21:20?
The 10 strongest of 11.