Verse 14

So, crying to the Lord, they said, Give ear to our prayer, O Lord, give ear, and do not let destruction overtake us because of this man's life; do not put on us the sin of taking life without cause: for you, O Lord, have done what seemed good to you.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 21:8 : 8 Have mercy, O Lord, on your people Israel whom you have made free, and take away from your people the crime of a death without cause. Then they will no longer be responsible for the man's death.
  • Ps 115:3 : 3 But our God is in heaven: he has done whatever was pleasing to him.
  • Ps 135:6 : 6 The Lord has done whatever was pleasing to him, in heaven, and on the earth, in the seas and in all the deep waters.
  • Ps 107:28 : 28 Then they send up their cry to the Lord in their sorrow, and he gives them salvation out of all their troubles.
  • Jonah 1:16 : 16 Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.
  • Dan 4:34-35 : 34 And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifting up my eyes to heaven, got back my reason, and, blessing the Most High, I gave praise and honour to him who is living for ever, whose rule is an eternal rule and whose kingdom goes on from generation to generation. 35 And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?
  • Jonah 1:5 : 5 Then the sailors were full of fear, every man crying to his god; and the goods in the ship were dropped out into the sea to make the weight less. But Jonah had gone down into the inmost part of the ship where he was stretched out in a deep sleep.
  • Gen 9:6 : 6 Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.
  • Matt 11:26 : 26 Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 And when the people saw it hanging on his hand, they said to one another, Without doubt this man has put someone to death, and though he has got safely away from the sea, God will not let him go on living.
  • Eph 1:9 : 9 Having made clear to us the secret of his purpose, in agreement with the design which he had in mind, to put into his hands
  • Eph 1:11 : 11 In whom we have a heritage, being marked out from the first in his purpose who does all things in agreement with his designs;
  • Isa 26:16 : 16 Lord, in trouble our eyes have been turned to you, we sent up a prayer when your punishment was on us.