Thou Shalt Not Kill

“You shall not murder.

“You shall not murder.

“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 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.”

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

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.

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

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.’

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.’”

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

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

“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 →

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 →

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

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. — 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.

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.

In the third month after the children of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that same day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. — read the full passage →

“You shall not commit adultery.

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

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 →

“If a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

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

He who kills an animal shall make it good; and he who kills a man shall 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.

“Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them. — read the full passage →

“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,

“‘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.

as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for man slayers,

For, behold, Yahweh comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.

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 →

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.

“Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged. — read the full passage →

For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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, — 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.

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

“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. — read the full passage →

“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 →

When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. — read the full passage →

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.”

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, — read the full passage →

When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped from the sea, yet Justice has not allowed to live.”

Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on its inhabitants; for of a truth Yahweh has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.

but these lay wait for their own blood. They lurk secretly for their own lives.

If they say, “Come with us, Let’s lay in wait for blood; let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless. — read the full passage →

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 →

“‘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 →

saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”

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

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,

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

“You shall have no other gods before me.

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

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 →

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

“You shall not commit adultery.

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.’ — read the full passage →

My brothers, don’t hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.

Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.

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 →

Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, “Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that you may learn them, and observe to do them.” — 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.”

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

that the fellowship of your faith may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus.

Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.

The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, — read the full passage →

Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil. — read the full passage →

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. — read the full passage →

God spoke all these words, saying,

but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. — read the full passage →

Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, you nation that has no shame, — read the full passage →

“‘If anyone sins, in that he hears the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he has seen or known, if he doesn’t report it, then he shall bear his iniquity. — read the full passage →

He heard the words of Laban’s sons, saying, “Jacob has taken away all that was our father’s. From that which was our father’s, has he gotten all this wealth.” — read the full passage →

envyings, murders, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these; of which I forewarn you, even as I also forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.

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:

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. Neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

But Peter asked her, “How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

Saul said, “You are blessed by Yahweh; for you have had compassion on me.

“I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath.

Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, “Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house; and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it. Or, if it seems good to you, I will give you its worth in money.”

“But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them. — read the full passage →

Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and gray-headed; and behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my youth to this day.

Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

If I told you earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? — read the full passage →

They encourage themselves in evil plans. They talk about laying snares secretly. They say, “Who will see them?”

When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

you shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.

Didn’t he tell me, ‘She is my sister?’ She, even she herself, said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this.”