Accidental Killings

Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying, — read the full passage →

When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations, whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses; — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.

“You shall not murder.

“If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow.

When Yahweh your God cuts off the nations, whose land Yahweh your God gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses; — read the full passage →

but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.

“‘But if he shoved him suddenly without hostility, or hurled on him anything without lying in wait, — read the full passage →

If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him. — read the full passage →

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and lights on his neighbor, so that he dies, he shall flee to one of these cities and live.

“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death, — read the full passage →

“One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. — read the full passage →

Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.

“You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.’ — read the full passage →

At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death. At the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

“If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow. — read the full passage →

I will surely require your blood of your lives; at the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man. — read the full passage →

Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

After the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag; — read the full passage →

“‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

“You shall not murder.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

This is the case of the man slayer who shall flee there and live. Whoever kills his neighbor unawares, and didn’t hate him in time past;

For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

then you shall appoint for yourselves cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the man slayer who kills any person unwittingly may flee there. — read the full passage →

“‘A man or a woman that is a medium, or is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones. Their blood shall be upon them.’”

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is no one who does good.

Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don’t spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

Thus says Yahweh of Armies, ‘I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way, when he came up out of Egypt. — read the full passage →

When you build a new house, then you shall make a railing around your roof, so that you don’t bring blood on your house if anyone falls from there.

“‘But if he struck him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer. The murderer shall surely be put to death. — read the full passage →

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

“‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

“‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

God spoke all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

I will surely require your blood of your lives; at the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.

Cain said to Abel, his brother, “Let’s go into the field.” While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

For if I have done wrong, and have committed anything worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Then he said to me, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perversion: for they say, ‘Yahweh has forsaken the land, and Yahweh doesn’t see.’

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Yahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates.

Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. — read the full passage →

“Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.

“If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman’s husband demands and the judges allow. — read the full passage →

For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters.

For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.

But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man. — read the full passage →

Egypt will be a desolation, and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;

There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: — read the full passage →

Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into the Kingdom of God!

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

The king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.

You shall come to the priests who are Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days. You shall inquire, and they shall give you the verdict.

that the man slayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn’t hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

“‘But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, the same blasphemes Yahweh. That soul shall be cut off from among his people. — read the full passage →

“‘When you shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which Yahweh has spoken to Moses,

He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

“‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your God.

For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes atonement by reason of the life.

“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them:

If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him. — read the full passage →

At midnight, Yahweh struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of livestock. — read the full passage →