Topic

Murder

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Exodus 20:13

“You shall not murder.

Leviticus 24:17

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

1 John 3:15

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

Deuteronomy 5:17

“You shall not murder.

Revelation 21:8

But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers,idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

Romans 12:19

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.”

Matthew 5:21

“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.’

Exodus 21:12

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

Matthew 5:21–22

“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 →

Genesis 9:6

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

John 8:44

You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.

1 John 3:12

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one, and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

Genesis 9:5–6

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 →

Romans 13:9

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.”

Matthew 10:28

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

Matthew 26:52–54

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

Matthew 5:21–26

“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 →

Romans 8:38–39

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 →

Romans 14:8

For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

John 11:25–26

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. — read the full passage →

Psalms 23:4

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.

Proverbs 6:16–19

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

Exodus 23:7

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

Matthew 5:22

But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, ‘Raca!’ shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, ‘You fool!’ shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.

Matthew 4:1–25

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. — read the full passage →

Matthew 26:52

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

Ezekiel 18:32

For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord Yahweh: therefore turn yourselves, and live.

James 4:2

You lust, and don’t have. You kill, covet, and can’t obtain. You fight and make war. You don’t have, because you don’t ask.

Matthew 6:1–34

“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. — read the full passage →

Philippians 1:21

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Numbers 35:31

“‘Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

1 Corinthians 15:22

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

Revelation 21:4

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

Romans 13:4

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.

James 2:11

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.

Genesis 4:8

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.

Philippians 1:23–24

But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. — read the full passage →

Exodus 22:2–3

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 →

Revelation 1:1

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Romans 6:23

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

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

Matthew 15:18–19

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

John 3:16

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.

1 Corinthians 15:21

For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.

Revelation 20:6

Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Romans 13:8–10

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

Luke 23:46

Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.

Matthew 16:25

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it.

Deuteronomy 19:5

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.

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Revelation 14:13

I heard the voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

Psalms 116:15

Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Exodus 21:14

If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

Genesis 9:5

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.

2 Corinthians 5:6–8

Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; — read the full passage →

Proverbs 28:17

A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.

Luke 23:43

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

Psalms 34:18

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

John 3:16–17

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. — read the full passage →

John 10:10

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

Isaiah 57:1–2

The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, no one considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil. — read the full passage →

Numbers 35:33

“‘So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land. No atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it.

Romans 8:18

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.

1 Thessalonians 4:14

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

Isaiah 25:8

He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.

1 Corinthians 15:42–44

So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable. — read the full passage →

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

Psalms 73:26

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

John 5:28–29

Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice, — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 5:8

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Psalms 55:22

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

1 Corinthians 15:26

The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

Isaiah 41:10

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Philippians 3:20–21

For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

Matthew 15:19

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

Genesis 2:7

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Revelation 12:11

They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.

Ezekiel 33:8

When I tell the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you don’t speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.

1 Thessalonians 4:16–17

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first, — read the full passage →

John 14:1–4

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Hebrews 9:27

Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,

1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

Job 24:14

The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.

Job 14:14

If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare would I wait, until my release should come.

1 Thessalonians 4:13–14

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 →

Romans 8:28

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

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

1 Corinthians 15:51–57

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 4:17–18

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; — read the full passage →

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

Psalms 23:1–6

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 15:55

“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”

Luke 20:36

For they can’t die any more, for they are like the angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.

Psalms 48:14

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

Hebrews 2:14–15

Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, — read the full passage →

Romans 8:13

For if you live after the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Matthew 5:38–39

“You 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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