Deuteronomy 22:8

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When you build a new house, make a parapet around your roof so that you do not bring bloodguilt upon your house if someone falls from it.

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  • 2 Sam 11:2 : 2 One evening, David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king’s house. From the roof, he saw a woman bathing, and the woman was very beautiful.
  • Isa 22:1 : 1 This is an oracle concerning the Valley of Vision: What is wrong with you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops?
  • Jer 19:13 : 13 The houses in Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will become defiled like this place, Topheth—all the houses where they burned incense on their roofs to all the starry hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods.
  • Matt 10:27 : 27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
  • Mark 2:4 : 4 And because they could not get near him due to the crowd, they removed the roof above where he was, and after digging through it, they lowered the mat on which the paralyzed man was lying.
  • Acts 10:9 : 9 The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray about noon.
  • Exod 22:6 : 6 If a man gives silver or goods to his neighbor for safekeeping, and they are stolen from the neighbor's house, if the thief is caught, he must pay back double.
  • Exod 21:28-36 : 28 If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must be stoned to death, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox will not be held liable. 29 But if the ox has a habit of goring, and it has been known to its owner for some time but he has not kept it confined, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned, and its owner must also be put to death. 30 However, if a ransom is imposed on him, he must pay whatever is demanded for the redemption of his life. 31 Whether it gores a son or a daughter, the same judgment applies to him. 32 If the ox gores a male or female servant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of the servant, and the ox must be stoned. 33 If a man opens a pit or if he digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, 34 the owner of the pit must pay compensation; he must pay the owner of the animal, and the dead animal will become his. 35 If one man’s ox injures another’s ox so that it dies, they are to sell the live ox and divide the money, and they must also divide the dead animal. 36 However, if it was known that the ox was prone to goring in the past and its owner did not keep it confined, he must pay compensation—an ox for an ox—and the dead animal will be his.
  • Matt 18:6-7 : 6 But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. 7 Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!
  • Ezek 3:18 : 18 If I say to a wicked person, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn him to turn from his wicked ways to save his life, that wicked person will die in his sin, but I will hold you accountable for his blood.
  • Ezek 3:20 : 20 Again, if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and does wrong, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did not warn him, he will die in his sin. His righteous acts will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood.
  • Ezek 32:2-9 : 2 Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him, 'You consider yourself like a young lion among the nations, but you are like a sea monster in the seas; you thrash about in your rivers, stir the waters with your feet, and muddy their streams.' 3 This is what the Lord GOD says: 'I will spread my net over you with a vast assembly of many peoples, and they will draw you up in my dragnet. 4 I will leave you on the land, hurl you onto the open field. I will make all the birds of the heavens settle on you, and the wild beasts of the earth will feast on you. 5 I will scatter your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains. 6 I will soak the land with your blood, right up to the mountains; and the ravines will be filled with your masses. 7 When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light. 8 All the shining lights in the sky I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Lord GOD. 9 I will trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring about your ruin among the nations, in lands you do not know.
  • Acts 20:26-27 : 26 Therefore, I testify to you today that I am innocent of the blood of everyone. 27 For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole plan of God.
  • Rom 14:13 : 13 Therefore, let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks, or the church of God.
  • Phil 1:10 : 10 So that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.
  • 1 Thess 5:22 : 22 Abstain from every form of evil.

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  • Jer 22:13-14
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    13Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice, making his neighbor work for nothing and not paying him for his labor.

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    17'Let no one on the housetop come down to take anything out of their house.'

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    10This is to prevent the shedding of innocent blood within the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

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    8But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have fought great wars. You shall not build a house for my name, because you have shed abundant blood on the earth in my sight.'

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    2If the sun has risen on him, there is bloodguilt for his death. He must pay restitution; and if he owns nothing, he shall be sold for his theft.

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    28Do not remove the ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors.

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    10You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore down houses to fortify the wall.

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