Proverbs 28:17

American Standard Version (1901)

A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; Let no man stay him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 9:6 : 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the image of God made he man.
  • Exod 21:14 : 14 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.
  • Num 35:14-34 : 14 Ye shall give three cities beyond the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge. 15 For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge; that every one that killeth any person unwittingly may flee thither. 16 But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 17 And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 18 Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. 19 The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death. 20 And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died, 21 or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him. 22 But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait, 23 or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm; 24 then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances; 25 and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth, 27 and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood, 28 because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession. 29 And these things shall be for a statute [and] ordinance unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. 30 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die. 31 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. 32 And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 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. 34 And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 21:19 : 19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou killed and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
  • 1 Kgs 21:23 : 23 And of Jezebel also spake Jehovah, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the rampart of Jezreel.
  • 2 Kgs 9:26 : 26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith Jehovah; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith Jehovah. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat [of ground], according to the word of Jehovah.
  • 2 Chr 24:21-25 : 21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah. 22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah look upon it, and require it. 23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. 24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Jehovah delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment upon Joash. 25 And when they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings.
  • Matt 27:4-5 : 4 saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to it] . 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself.
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 And when the barbarians saw the [venomous] creature hanging from his hand, they said one to another, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped from the sea, yet Justice hath not suffered to live.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 19:10-13
    4 verses
    74%

    10that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

    11But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally so that he dieth, and he flee into one of these cities;

    12then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

    13Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

  • Lev 24:17
    74%

    17And he that smiteth any man mortally shall surely be put to death.

  • Prov 28:16
    74%

    16The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor; [But] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

  • Deut 19:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5as 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:

    6lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

  • Num 35:19-23
    5 verses
    73%

    19The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.

    20And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died,

    21or in enmity smote him with his hand, so that he died; he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him.

    22But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him anything without lying in wait,

    23or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm;

  • Exod 21:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.

    13And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

    14And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

  • Prov 28:18
    73%

    18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in [his] ways shall fall at once.

  • Ezek 18:18
    72%

    18As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die in his iniquity.

  • Ps 140:11
    72%

    11An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Num 35:27
    72%

    27and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer; he shall not be guilty of blood,

  • Prov 1:16
    72%

    16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

  • Josh 20:5
    72%

    5And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unawares, and hated him not beforetime.

  • Prov 29:10
    72%

    10The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect; And as for the upright, they seek his life.

  • Gen 9:6
    72%

    6Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: For in the image of God made he man.

  • Prov 1:11
    71%

    11If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

  • Prov 16:29
    71%

    29A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.

  • Job 16:18
    71%

    18O earth, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no [resting] -place.

  • Josh 20:3
    71%

    3that the manslayer that killeth any person unwittingly [and] unawares may flee thither: and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.

  • Deut 19:20
    71%

    20And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.

  • Exod 22:2
    71%

    2If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him.

  • Prov 26:27
    71%

    27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.

  • Job 33:18
    71%

    18He keepeth back his soul from the pit, And his life from perishing by the sword.

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

  • Ezek 18:10
    71%

    10If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth any one of these things,

  • Lev 17:4
    71%

    4and hath not brought it unto the door of the tent of meeting, to offer it as an oblation unto Jehovah before the tabernacle of Jehovah: blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:

  • Prov 1:18
    71%

    18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

  • Josh 2:19
    70%

    19And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we shall be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

  • Mic 7:2
    70%

    2The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

  • Num 35:31
    70%

    31Moreover ye shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, that is guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death.

  • Num 35:17
    70%

    17And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

  • Ezek 18:13
    70%

    13hath given forth upon interest, and hath taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

  • Prov 28:10
    70%

    10Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, He shall fall himself into his own pit; But the perfect shall inherit good.

  • Prov 29:22
    70%

    22An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

  • Rom 3:15
    70%

    15Their feet are swift to shed blood;

  • Isa 33:15
    70%

    15He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from taking a bribe, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from looking upon evil:

  • Ps 5:6
    70%

    6Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

  • Ps 37:32
    70%

    32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

  • Ps 7:16
    70%

    16His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.

  • Prov 14:17
    69%

    17He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.