Genesis 4:15
4:15 But the
Lord said to him, “All right then,
if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.”
Then the
Lord put a special mark
on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down.
Leviticus 26:21
26:21 “‘If you walk in hostility against me and are not willing to obey me, I will increase your affliction seven times according to your sins.
Leviticus 26:28
26:28 I will walk in hostile rage against you
and I myself will also discipline you seven times on account of your sins.
Isaiah 65:5-7
65:5 They say, ‘Keep to yourself!
Don’t get near me, for I am holier than you!’
These people are like smoke in my nostrils,
like a fire that keeps burning all day long.
65:6 Look, I have decreed:
I will not keep silent, but will pay them back;
I will pay them back exactly what they deserve,
65:7 for your sins and your ancestors’ sins,” says the Lord.
“Because they burned incense on the mountains
and offended me on the hills,
I will punish them in full measure.”
Jeremiah 32:18
32:18 You show unfailing love to thousands.
But you also punish children for the sins of their parents.
You are the great and powerful God who is known as the
Lord who rules over all.
Luke 6:38
6:38 Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over,
will be poured
into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive.”