Deuteronomy 27:24

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Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 35:31 : 31 Further, no price may be given for the life of one who has taken life and whose right reward is death: he is certainly to be put to death.
  • Lev 24:17 : 17 And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.
  • Exod 20:13 : 13 Do not put anyone to death without cause.
  • Exod 21:12-14 : 12 He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death. 13 But if he had no evil purpose against him, and God gave him into his hand, I will give you a place to which he may go in flight. 14 But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.
  • Deut 19:11-12 : 11 But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns; 12 The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death.
  • 2 Sam 3:27 : 27 And when Abner was back in Hebron, Joab took him on one side by the doorway of the town to have a word with him quietly, and there he gave him a wound in the stomach, causing his death in payment for the death of his brother Asahel.
  • 2 Sam 11:15-17 : 15 And in the letter he said, Take care to put Uriah in the very front of the line, where the fighting is most violent, and go back from him, so that he may be overcome and put to death. 16 So while Joab was watching the town, he put Uriah in the place where it was clear to him the best fighters were. 17 And the men of the town went out and had a fight with Joab: and a number of David's men came to their death in the fight, and with them Uriah the Hittite.
  • 2 Sam 12:9-9 : 9 Why then have you had no respect for the word of the Lord, doing what is evil in his eyes? You have put Uriah the Hittite to death with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife; you have put him to death with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 So now the sword will never be turned away from your family; because you have had no respect for me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife. 11 The Lord says, From those of your family I will send evil against you, and before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to your neighbour, and he will take your wives to his bed by the light of this sun. 12 You did it secretly; but I will do this thing before all Israel and in the light of the sun.
  • 2 Sam 13:28 : 28 Now Absalom had given orders to his servants, saying, Now take note when Amnon's heart is glad with wine; and when I say to you, Make an attack on Amnon, then put him to death without fear: have I not given you orders? be strong and without fear.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well, my brother? And with his right hand he took him by the hair of his chin to give him a kiss. 10 But Amasa did not see danger from the sword which was now in Joab's left hand, and Joab put it through his stomach so that his inside came out on to the earth, and he did not give him another blow. So Joab and his brother Abishai went on after Sheba, the son of Bichri.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 27:25-26
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    84%

    25 Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.

    26 Cursed is he who does not take this law to heart to do it. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Deut 27:15-23
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    82%

    15 Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.

    16 Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

    17 Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.

    18 Cursed is he by whom the blind are turned out of the way. And let all the people say, So be it.

    19 Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

    20 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.

    21 Cursed is he who has sex relations with any sort of beast. And let all the people say, So be it.

    22 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

    23 Cursed is he who has sex relations with his mother-in-law. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Lev 24:19-21
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    19 And if a man does damage to his neighbour, as he has done, so let it be done to him;

    20 Wound for wound, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever damage he has done, so let it be done to him.

    21 He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.

  • Lev 24:14-17
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    73%

    14 Take the curser outside the tent-circle; and let all in whose hearing the words were said put their hands on his head, and let him be stoned by all the people.

    15 And say to the children of Israel, As for any man cursing God, his sin will be on his head.

    16 And he who says evil against the name of the Lord will certainly be put to death; he will be stoned by all the people; the man who is not of your nation and one who is an Israelite by birth, whoever says evil against the holy Name is to be put to death.

    17 And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.

  • Prov 24:24
    72%

    24 He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

  • Jer 48:10
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    10 Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.

  • Exod 21:12
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    12 He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.

  • Prov 29:24
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    24 A man who takes part with a thief has hate for his soul; he is put under oath, but says nothing.

  • Lev 20:9
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    9 Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

  • Exod 21:17
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    17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

  • Deut 13:9
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    9 But put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.

  • Deut 13:11
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    11 And all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and no one will again do such evil as this among you.

  • Prov 25:18
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    18 One who gives false witness against his neighbour is a hammer and a sword and a sharp arrow.

  • Deut 19:11-12
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    11 But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns;

    12 The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death.

  • Exod 21:14-15
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    14 But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.

    15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

  • Prov 24:18
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    18 For fear that the Lord may see it, and it may be evil in his eyes, and his wrath may be turned away from him.

  • Prov 27:14
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    14 He who gives a blessing to his friend with a loud voice, getting up early in the morning, will have it put to his account as a curse.

  • Zech 5:3
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    3 Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment.

  • Num 35:21
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    21 Or in hate gave him blows with his hand, causing death; he who gave the death-blow is to be put to death; he is a taker of life: he whose right it is to give punishment for blood may put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.

  • Prov 24:28-29
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    28 Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

    29 Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

  • Num 35:23
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    23 Or has given him a blow with a stone, without seeing him, so causing his death, though he had nothing against him and no desire to do him evil:

  • Lev 19:16-17
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    16 Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.

    17 Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.

  • Deut 28:16
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    16 You will be cursed in the town and cursed in the field.

  • Prov 20:20
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    20 If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.

  • Prov 3:29
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    29 Do not make evil designs against your neighbour, when he is living with you without fear.

  • Ps 89:41
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    41 All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.

  • Deut 19:19-20
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    19 Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.

    20 And the rest of the people, hearing of it, will be full of fear, and never again do such evil among you.

  • Lev 5:4
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    4 Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.

  • Exod 20:16
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    16 Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

  • Deut 28:18
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    18 A curse will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.