Taking A Life

“You shall not murder.

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

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

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

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.”

“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 →

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

“You shall not murder.

But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.”

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

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.”

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

But if any man hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities; — read the full passage →

Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter!

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 →

He said to him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’

“Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you. Before you came out of the womb, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

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

“‘Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die. — read the full passage →

“Yahweh kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.

Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” — read the full passage →

Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, the God of my salvation. My tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness.

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 →

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.”

But if any man hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises up against him, strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities; — read the full passage →

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

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

“‘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.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

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 →

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants;

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

“‘Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses; but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die. — read the full passage →

“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.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

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

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own, — read the full passage →

Looking at them, Jesus said, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”

For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy!

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

Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.

‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

“‘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. — read the full passage →

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.

Whereas you don’t know what your life will be like tomorrow. For what is your life? For you are a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away.

Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which you have from God? You are not your own,

For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.

The fear of Yahweh is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.

neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

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 →

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.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

“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.’

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Seek Yahweh and his strength. Seek his face forever more.

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants; — read the full passage →

Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

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

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

Therefore be ready also, for the Son of Man is coming in an hour that you don’t expect him.”

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

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. — read the full passage →

‘Cursed is he who secretly kills his neighbor.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

“‘He who strikes any man mortally shall surely be put to death. — read the full passage →

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. — read the full passage →

And God is able to make all grace abound to you, that you, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound to every good work.

What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!” — read the full passage →

See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they? — read the full passage →

Listen, islands, to me; and listen, you peoples, from far: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name:

Don’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light for my path.

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

If we say, ‘We will enter into the city,’ then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there. If we sit still here, we also die. Now therefore come, and let us surrender to the army of the Syrians. If they save us alive, we will live; and if they kill us, we will only die.”

Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...” — read the full passage →

God said, “Let the waters abound with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky.”

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

For indeed we have had good news preached to us, even as they also did, but the word they heard didn’t profit them, because it wasn’t mixed with faith by those who heard.

For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? — read the full passage →

He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, “Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News.”

For the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,

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.

if you don’t oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, and don’t shed innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your own hurt:

a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;

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.

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.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

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.

He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,

You know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’”

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ — read the full passage →