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Murder
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Thou shalt not kill.
And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Thou shalt not kill.
But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.
Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.
Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: — read the full passage →
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man. — read the full passage →
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet, and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Then saith Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into its place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. — read the full passage →
Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: — read the full passage →
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, — read the full passage →
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; — read the full passage →
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →
Then saith Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into its place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.
Take heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.
for he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.
For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
And Cain told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better: — read the full passage →
If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him. — read the full passage →
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;
For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
But the things which proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man. — read the full passage →
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.
Owe no man anything, save to love one another: for he that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →
And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said this, he gave up the ghost.
For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.
as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, so that he dieth; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live:
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.
Precious in the sight of Jehovah Is the death of his saints.
and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.
And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, will I require the life of man.
Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord — read the full passage →
A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.
And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise.
Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. — read the full passage →
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward.
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: — read the full passage →
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
My flesh and my heart faileth; ButGod is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, — read the full passage →
we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.
The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.
fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
For our citizenship is in heaven; whence also we wait for a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →
For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:
And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.
When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die, and thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven, with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; — read the full passage →
Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →
And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this cometh judgment;
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,
The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
If a man die, shall he liveagain? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.
But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →
And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.
For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, — read the full passage →
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; — read the full passage →
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;
Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →
O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?
for neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death.
Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; — read the full passage →
for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: — read the full passage →
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