Genesis 9:6

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

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  • Lev 24:17 : 17 And he that kilth any man shall surely be put to death.
  • Matt 26:52 : 52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
  • Rev 13:10 : 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. He is the patience and the faith of the saints.
  • Exod 21:12-14 : 12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. 13 And 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. 14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
  • Gen 1:26-27 : 26 And God said, Let us make man in our ima, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own ima, in the ima of God created he him; male and female created he them.
  • Num 35:33 : 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
  • Gen 5:1 : 1 This is the book of the nerations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
  • Jas 3:9 : 9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
  • Rom 13:4 : 4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
  • Num 35:25 : 25 And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
  • 1 Kgs 2:5-6 : 5 Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. 6 Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
  • 1 Kgs 2:28-34 : 28 Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. 29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. 30 And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. 31 And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. 32 And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. 33 Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD. 34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
  • Ps 51:4 : 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
  • Gen 4:14 : 14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
  • Exod 22:2-3 : 2 If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. 3 If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
  • Lev 17:4 : 4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernac of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernac of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his peop:

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  • Lev 24:17-18
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    17And he that kilth any man shall surely be put to death.

    18And he that kilth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

  • Lev 24:20-21
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    20Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a bmish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

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  • Gen 9:7
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    14Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

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  • Num 35:19
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    19The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

  • Exod 21:12
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    12He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

  • Gen 4:10-11
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    10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

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    6Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee.

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    10That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

  • Prov 28:17
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    17A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

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    26And God said, Let us make man in our ima, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

    27So God created man in his own ima, in the ima of God created he him; male and female created he them.

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    21Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.

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    9But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to ath, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

  • Deut 19:21
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    21And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Num 35:30-31
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    30Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

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    10And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his peop.

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    9For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

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    6Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of ath, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.

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    4And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernac of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernac of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his peop:

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    33So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

  • Deut 19:12
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    12Then the elrs of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and liver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

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    14For it is the life of all fsh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of fsh: for the life of all fsh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

  • Exod 21:23
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    23And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

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    27Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his peop.

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    16And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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  • Ezek 28:9
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    9Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

  • Josh 2:19
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    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 will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

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    8And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

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    15And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

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    21Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

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    1This is the book of the nerations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;