One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, life for life.

‘Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

The Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried off captives.

He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham.

He drove his enemies back; he made them a permanent target for insults.

He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power.

Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge.

Indeed, the Lord’s shout will shatter Assyria; he will beat them with a club.

I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand.

I will strike you brutally and destroy you because of your sin.

But the Lord struck down some of the people of Beth Shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the Lord; he struck down 50,070 of the men. The people grieved because the Lord had struck the people with a hard blow.

The prophet got angry at him and said, “If you had struck the ground five or six times, you would have annihilated Syria! But now, you will defeat Syria only three times.”

Then, during the night, Abram divided his forces against them and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus.

He looked this way and that and saw that no one was there, and then he attacked the Egyptian and concealed the body in the sand.

“If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him.

I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you seven times on account of your sins.

I will strike them with the pestilence, and I will disinherit them; I will make you into a nation that is greater and mightier than they!”

So the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country swooped down and attacked them as far as Hormah.

the land that the Lord subdued before the community of Israel, is ideal for cattle, and your servants have cattle.”

“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.