Joshua 2:19

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Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death– we are innocent in that case! But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 12:13 : 13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, so that when I see the blood I will pass over you, and this plague will not fall on you to destroy you when I attack the land of Egypt.
  • Exod 12:23 : 23 For the LORD will pass through to strike Egypt, and when he sees the blood on the top of the doorframe and the two side posts, then the LORD will pass over the door, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.
  • Lev 20:9 : 9 Family 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.
  • Lev 20:11 : 11 If a man goes to bed with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
  • Num 35:26-28 : 26 But if the slayer at any time goes outside the boundary of the town to which he had fled, 27 and the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the town of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer, he will not be guilty of blood, 28 because the slayer should have stayed in his town of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to the land of his possessions.
  • Josh 2:14 : 14 The men said to her,“If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we’ve been up to, then, when the LORD hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance to you.”
  • 2 Sam 1:16 : 16 David said to him,“Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying‘I have put the LORD’s anointed to death.’”
  • 2 Sam 3:28-29 : 28 When David later heard about this, he said,“I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the LORD of the shed blood of Abner son of Ner! 29 May his blood whirl over the head of Joab and the entire house of his father! May the males of Joab’s house never cease to have someone with a running sore or a skin disease or one who works at the spindle or one who falls by the sword or one who lacks food!”
  • 2 Sam 4:11 : 11 Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth?”
  • 1 Kgs 2:32 : 32 May the LORD punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he– Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.
  • 1 Kgs 2:36-42 : 36 Next the king summoned Shimei and told him,“Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there– but you may not leave there to go anywhere! 37 If you ever do leave and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will certainly die! You will be responsible for your own death.” 38 Shimei said to the king,“My master the king’s proposal is acceptable. Your servant will do as you say.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time. 39 Three years later two of Shimei’s servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told,“Look, your servants are in Gath.” 40 So Shimei got up, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to find his servants; Shimei went and brought back his servants from Gath. 41 When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned, 42 the king summoned Shimei and said to him,“You will recall that I made you take an oath by the LORD, and I solemnly warned you,‘If you ever leave and go anywhere, know for sure that you will certainly die.’ You said to me,‘The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.’
  • Ezek 33:4-5 : 4 but there is one who hears the sound of the trumpet yet does not heed the warning. Then the sword comes and sweeps him away. He will be responsible for his own death. 5 He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, so he is responsible for himself. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.
  • Matt 24:17 : 17 The one on the roof must not come down to take anything out of his house,
  • Matt 27:24-25 : 24 Jesus is Condemned and Mocked When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said,“I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!” 25 In reply all the people said,“Let his blood be on us and on our children!”
  • Acts 18:6 : 6 When they opposed him and reviled him, he protested by shaking out his clothes and said to them,“Your blood be on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!”
  • Acts 20:26 : 26 Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all.
  • Acts 27:31 : 31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers,“Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
  • Phil 3:9 : 9 and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ’s faithfulness– a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ’s faithfulness.
  • Heb 10:29 : 29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for the Son of God, and profanes the blood of the covenant that made him holy, and insults the Spirit of grace?
  • 1 John 2:27-28 : 27 Now as for you, the anointing that you received from him resides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, it is true and is not a lie. Just as it has taught you, you reside in him. 28 Children of God And now, little children, remain in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Josh 2:20-21
    2 verses
    85%

    20If you should report what we’ve been up to, we are not bound by this oath you made us swear.”

    21She said,“I agree to these conditions.” She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window.

  • Josh 2:17-18
    2 verses
    82%

    17The men said to her,“We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:

    18When we invade the land, tie this red rope in the window through which you let us down, and gather together in your house your father, mother, brothers, and all who live in your father’s house.

  • Josh 2:13-15
    3 verses
    75%

    13that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death.”

    14The men said to her,“If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we’ve been up to, then, when the LORD hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance to you.”

    15Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window.(Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.)

  • Deut 19:10
    74%

    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.

  • Deut 19:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Gen 44:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9If one of us has it, he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves!”

    10He replied,“You have suggested your own punishment! The one who has it will become my slave, but the rest of you will go free.”

  • 1 Kgs 2:37
    71%

    37If you ever do leave and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will certainly die! You will be responsible for your own death.”

  • Prov 1:11
    71%

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

  • Exod 12:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22Take a branch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and apply to the top of the doorframe and the two side posts some of the blood that is in the basin. Not one of you is to go out the door of his house until morning.

    23For the LORD will pass through to strike Egypt, and when he sees the blood on the top of the doorframe and the two side posts, then the LORD will pass over the door, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31-32
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    71%

    31The king told him,“Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father’s family the guilt of Joab’s murderous, bloody deeds.

    32May the LORD punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he– Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

  • Gen 42:21-22
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    71%

    21They said to one another,“Surely we’re being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!”

    22Reuben said to them,“Didn’t I say to you,‘Don’t sin against the boy,’ but you wouldn’t listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!”

  • 2 Sam 14:7
    71%

    7Now the entire family has risen up against your servant, saying,‘Turn over the one who struck down his brother, so that we can execute him and avenge the death of his brother whom he killed. In so doing we will also destroy the heir.’ They want to extinguish my remaining coal, leaving no one on the face of the earth to carry on the name of my husband.”

  • Prov 28:17
    70%

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

  • Deut 19:5-6
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    5Suppose he goes with someone else to the forest to cut wood and when he raises the ax to cut the tree, the ax head flies loose from the handle and strikes his fellow worker so hard that he dies. The person responsible may then flee to one of these cities to save himself.

    6Otherwise the blood avenger will chase after the killer in the heat of his anger, eventually overtake him, and kill him, though this is not a capital case since he did not hate him at the time of the accident.

  • Gen 43:9
    70%

    9I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.

  • Matt 27:25
    70%

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

  • Deut 21:7
    70%

    7Then they must proclaim,“Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we witnessed the crime.

  • 1 Sam 24:12
    70%

    12May the LORD judge between the two of us, and may the LORD vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.

  • Exod 12:13
    70%

    13The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, so that when I see the blood I will pass over you, and this plague will not fall on you to destroy you when I attack the land of Egypt.

  • 2 Sam 4:11
    70%

    11Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth?”

  • Josh 20:5
    70%

    5When the avenger of blood comes after him, they must not hand over to him the one who committed manslaughter, for he accidentally killed his fellow man without premeditation.

  • Num 35:27
    70%

    27and the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the town of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer, he will not be guilty of blood,

  • Gen 37:26-27
    2 verses
    70%

    26Then Judah said to his brothers,“What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood?

    27Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let’s not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh.” His brothers agreed.

  • Deut 13:9
    70%

    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 22:8
    69%

    8If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it.

  • Gen 37:20
    69%

    20Come now, let’s kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we’ll see how his dreams turn out!”

  • Lev 17:4
    69%

    4but has not brought it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to present it as an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD. He has shed blood, so that man will be cut off from the midst of his people.

  • Num 35:19
    69%

    19The avenger of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.

  • Gen 44:29-32
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    69%

    29If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.’

    30“So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us– his very life is bound up in his son’s life.

    31When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.

    32Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’

  • Gen 9:5-6
    2 verses
    69%

    5For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative.

    6“Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God’s image God has made humankind.”

  • Deut 19:20
    69%

    20The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you.

  • Deut 21:9
    69%

    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.

  • Exod 22:2
    69%

    2“If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him.