Deuteronomy 27:25

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‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

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  • Exod 23:7-8 : 7 Keep your distance from a false charge– do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked. 8 “You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.
  • Deut 10:17 : 17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who is unbiased and takes no bribe,
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.
  • Ps 15:5 : 5 He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be shaken.
  • Prov 1:11-29 : 11 If they say,“Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously. 12 We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit. 13 We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder. 14 Join with us! We will all share equally in what we steal.” 15 My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path; 16 for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood. 17 Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird, 18 but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives! 19 Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it! 20 Warning Against Disregarding Wisdom Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas; 21 at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words: 22 “How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long have mockers delighted in mockery? And how long will fools hate knowledge? 23 You should respond to my rebuke. Then I would pour out my thoughts to you; I would make my words known to you. 24 However, because I called but you refused to listen, because I stretched out my hand but no one was paying attention, 25 and you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke, 26 so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes, 27 when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you. 28 Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me. 29 Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the LORD,
  • Ezek 22:12-13 : 12 They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD. 13 “‘See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you.
  • Mic 3:10-11 : 10 You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence. 11 Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the LORD and say,“The LORD is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!”
  • Mic 7:2-3 : 2 Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net. 3 They are experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish and then they plan it out.
  • Matt 26:15 : 15 and said,“What will you give me to betray him into your hands?” So they set out thirty silver coins for him.
  • Matt 27:3-4 : 3 Judas’ Suicide Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders, 4 saying,“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said,“What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!”
  • Acts 1:18 : 18 (Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 27:15-24
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    15‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image– something abhorrent to the LORD, the work of the craftsman– and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    16‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    17‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    18‘Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    19‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    20‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his father’s former wife, for he dishonors his father.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    21‘Cursed is the one who commits bestiality.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    22‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    23‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his mother-in-law.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    24‘Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Deut 27:26
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    26‘Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Exod 23:7-8
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    7Keep your distance from a false charge– do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

    8“You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.

  • Ps 94:21
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    21They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.

  • Num 35:30-31
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    30“Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony of witnesses, but one witness cannot testify against any person to cause him to be put to death.

    31Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.

  • Deut 19:10
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    10You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.

  • Lev 24:17
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    17“‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.

  • Jer 48:10
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    10A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the LORD’s work! A curse on anyone who keeps from carrying out his destruction!

  • Prov 24:24
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    24The one who says to the guilty,“You are innocent,” peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him.

  • Deut 13:9
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    9Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community.

  • Deut 19:12-13
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    12The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die.

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

  • Lev 24:21
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    21One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death.

  • Deut 17:7
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    7The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

  • Matt 27:4
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    4saying,“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said,“What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!”

  • Isa 33:15
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    15The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others–

  • Matt 27:25
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    25In reply all the people said,“Let his blood be on us and on our children!”

  • Isa 5:23
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    23They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.

  • Lev 24:15
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    15Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites,‘If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin,

  • 1 Sam 17:27
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    27The soldiers told him what had been promised, saying,“This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.”

  • Deut 21:8-9
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    8Do not blame your people Israel whom you redeemed, O LORD, and do not hold them accountable for the bloodshed of an innocent person.” Then atonement will be made for the bloodshed.

    9In this manner you will purge out the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before the LORD.

  • Prov 28:17
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    17The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

  • Ezek 18:13
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    13engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. He will bear the responsibility for his own death.

  • Exod 21:12
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    12Personal Injuries“Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death.

  • Prov 28:20
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    20A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.

  • Ps 26:10
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    10who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe.

  • Ps 15:5
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    5He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be shaken.

  • Exod 21:14
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    14But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.

  • Prov 1:11
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    11If they say,“Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.

  • Jer 26:15
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    15But you should take careful note of this: If you put me to death, you will bring on yourselves and this city and those who live in it the guilt of murdering an innocent man. For the LORD has sent me to speak all this where you can hear it. That is the truth!”

  • Zech 5:3
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    3The speaker went on to say,“This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand(according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate.”

  • Exod 21:30
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    30If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him.

  • Ps 37:22
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    22Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.

  • Lev 20:9
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    9Family Life and Sexual Prohibitions“‘If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.

  • Jer 22:17
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    17But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression.

  • Exod 21:17
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    17“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.