Proverbs 28:17

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A man burdened with the guilt of bloodshed will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

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  • Gen 9:6 : 6 Whoever sheds human blood, by humans will their blood be shed; for in the image of God, God made mankind.
  • Exod 21:14 : 14 However, if someone schemes and acts deliberately to kill his neighbor, you shall take him even from my altar to be put to death.
  • Num 35:14-34 : 14 Three of these cities you shall give on the east side of the Jordan, and three in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge. 15 These six cities will be a refuge for the Israelites, for the foreigner, and for the sojourner living among them, so that anyone who unintentionally kills another can flee there. 16 But if someone strikes another with an iron object and the person dies, they are a murderer, and the murderer shall be put to death. 17 If someone strikes another with a stone that is large enough to cause death and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death. 18 Or if someone strikes another with a wooden tool that could cause death, and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death. 19 The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when they encounter the murderer, the avenger is to put them to death. 20 If someone pushes another out of hatred or throws something at them with intent and the person dies, 21 or if in hostility someone strikes another with their hand and the person dies, the one who struck them must be put to death. They are a murderer. The avenger of blood is to execute the sentence when they meet the murderer. 22 But if suddenly, without hostility, someone pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally, 23 or if, without seeing them, they drop a stone on someone that could cause death, and the person dies, but there was no enmity or intentional harm between them, 24 then the assembly must judge between the one who caused the death and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances. 25 The assembly shall protect the one who caused the death from the avenger of blood and send them back to the city of refuge they fled to. They must remain there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil. 26 But if the one who caused the death goes outside the boundaries of the city of refuge to which they fled, 27 and the avenger of blood finds the offender outside the city and kills them, the avenger shall not be guilty of bloodshed. 28 The one who caused the death must remain in the city of refuge until the high priest dies; only after the death of the high priest may they return to their own property. 29 These are to be legal requirements for you throughout your generations in all your settlements. 30 Anyone who kills another person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses; but no one is to be put to death on the testimony of only one witness. 31 You must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; they must surely be put to death. 32 Do not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a city of refuge, allowing them to return to live in the land before the death of the high priest. 33 Do not pollute the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land; and no atonement can be made for the land that has been defiled by bloodshed except by the blood of the one who shed it. 34 Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell, for I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.
  • 1 Kgs 21:19 : 19 Speak to him and say, “Thus says the LORD: Have you murdered and also taken possession?” Then say to him, “Thus says the LORD: In the place where the dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, the dogs will also lick up your blood—yes, yours.”'
  • 1 Kgs 21:23 : 23 And concerning Jezebel, the LORD also says: 'Dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.'
  • 2 Kgs 9:26 : 26 'Surely I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, and I will repay you in this plot of land, declares the LORD. Now then, throw him on that plot of land, just as the word of the LORD declared.'
  • 2 Chr 24:21-25 : 21 But they conspired against him, and at the king's command, they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the house of the Lord. 22 King Joash did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him but killed his son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, 'May the Lord see this and call you to account.' 23 At the turn of the year, the Aramean army came up against Joash. They invaded Judah and Jerusalem, and they destroyed all the leaders of the people, sending all the plunder to the king of Damascus. 24 Though the Aramean army had come with only a small force of men, the Lord delivered into their hands a very large army because Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their ancestors. So they executed judgment against Joash. 25 When the Arameans withdrew, leaving Joash severely wounded, his officials conspired against him for murdering the sons of Jehoiada the priest. They killed him on his bed, and he died. He was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
  • Matt 27:4-5 : 4 He said, 'I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.' But they replied, 'What is that to us? You take care of it.' 5 Then, throwing the silver pieces into the temple, he left. He went and hanged himself.
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 When the locals saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to one another, "Surely this man is a murderer! Although he escaped from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 19:10-13
    4 verses
    74%

    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.

    11But if someone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, attacks him, and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and then flees to one of these cities,

    12the elders of his city shall send for him, take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to be put to death.

    13Do not pity him, but purge the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

  • Lev 24:17
    74%

    17Anyone who takes the life of another person must be put to death.

  • Prov 28:16
    74%

    16A ruler lacking understanding is abundant in extortions, but one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

  • Deut 19:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5for instance, when a man goes with his neighbor into the forest to cut wood and his hand swings the axe to cut the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his neighbor, and he dies—that man may flee to one of these cities and live.

    6Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in anger, overtake him because the way is long, and strike him fatally, even though the manslayer does not deserve death, since he had no prior hatred towards his neighbor.

  • Num 35:19-23
    5 verses
    73%

    19The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when they encounter the murderer, the avenger is to put them to death.

    20If someone pushes another out of hatred or throws something at them with intent and the person dies,

    21or if in hostility someone strikes another with their hand and the person dies, the one who struck them must be put to death. They are a murderer. The avenger of blood is to execute the sentence when they meet the murderer.

    22But if suddenly, without hostility, someone pushes another or throws something at them unintentionally,

    23or if, without seeing them, they drop a stone on someone that could cause death, and the person dies, but there was no enmity or intentional harm between them,

  • Exod 21:12-14
    3 verses
    73%

    12Anyone who strikes a man and kills him shall surely be put to death.

    13But if he did not intend to kill, and it was allowed by God to happen, then I will provide a place where he can flee.

    14However, if someone schemes and acts deliberately to kill his neighbor, you shall take him even from my altar to be put to death.

  • Prov 28:18
    73%

    18Whoever walks in integrity will be saved, but one who is crooked in his ways will fall into ruin.

  • Ezek 18:18
    72%

    18But his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his own people, and did what was not good among them—behold, he will die for his iniquity.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11May burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again.

  • Num 35:27
    72%

    27and the avenger of blood finds the offender outside the city and kills them, the avenger shall not be guilty of bloodshed.

  • Prov 1:16
    72%

    16For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood.

  • Josh 20:5
    72%

    5If the avenger of blood pursues them, the city must not hand over the one who committed the killing, because they killed their neighbor unintentionally and without prior hostility.

  • Prov 29:10
    72%

    10Bloodthirsty men hate the blameless, but the upright seek to preserve their life.

  • Gen 9:6
    72%

    6Whoever sheds human blood, by humans will their blood be shed; for in the image of God, God made mankind.

  • Prov 1:11
    71%

    11If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;'

  • Prov 16:29
    71%

    29A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

  • Job 16:18
    71%

    18O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never find a resting place.

  • Josh 20:3
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    3These cities are to be a place where someone who unintentionally kills another person without malice can flee. They will serve as a refuge from the avenger of blood.

  • Deut 19:20
    71%

    20Then the rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and they will never again commit such an evil thing among you.

  • Exod 22:2
    71%

    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.

  • Prov 26:27
    71%

    27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and the one who rolls a stone—it will come back upon them.

  • Job 33:18
    71%

    18He keeps his soul back from the pit and his life from perishing by the sword.

  • Prov 24:15
    71%

    15Do not lie in ambush, wicked person, at the house of the righteous; do not destroy their resting place.

  • Ezek 18:10
    71%

    10Suppose he has a violent son who sheds blood or does any of these evil things,

  • Lev 17:4
    71%

    4and does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord before the sanctuary of the Lord shall be considered guilty of bloodshed; they have shed blood and must be cut off from their people.

  • Prov 1:18
    71%

    18But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

  • Josh 2:19
    70%

    19If anyone leaves the house, their death will be on their own head, and we will not be guilty. But if harm comes to anyone in your house, we will take the blame.

  • Mic 7:2
    70%

    2The godly have perished from the land, and there is no upright person among humanity. All of them lie in wait for blood; they hunt each other with nets.

  • Num 35:31
    70%

    31You must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; they must surely be put to death.

  • Num 35:17
    70%

    17If someone strikes another with a stone that is large enough to cause death and the person dies, they are a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

  • Ezek 18:13
    70%

    13He lends at interest and takes a profit. Will such a person live? He will not! Because he has committed all these abominations, he will surely be put to death, and his blood will be on his own head.

  • Prov 28:10
    70%

    10Whoever leads the upright along an evil path will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • Prov 29:22
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    22An angry man stirs up strife, and a hot-tempered man commits many transgressions.

  • Rom 3:15
    70%

    15Their feet are swift to shed blood.

  • Isa 33:15
    70%

    15The one who walks in righteousness, speaks what is right, rejects gain from extortion, shakes his hands to refuse bribes, stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking at evil.

  • Ps 5:6
    70%

    6The arrogant cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all evildoers.

  • Ps 37:32
    70%

    32The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

  • Ps 7:16
    70%

    16They dig a pit and hollow it out, only to fall into the hole they have made.

  • Prov 14:17
    69%

    17A quick-tempered person does foolish things, and one who devises evil is hated.