Verse 17

A man{H120} that doeth violence{H6231}{(H8803)} to the blood{H1818} of any person{H5315} shall flee{H5127}{(H8799)} to the pit{H953}; let no man stay{H8551}{(H8799)} him.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 9:6 : 6 Whoso sheddeth{H8210}{(H8802)} man's{H120} blood{H1818}, by man{H120} shall his blood{H1818} be shed{H8210}{(H8735)}: for in the image{H6754} of God{H430} made{H6213}{(H8804)} he man{H120}.
  • Exod 21:14 : 14 But if a man{H376} come presumptuously{H2102}{(H8686)} upon his neighbour{H7453}, to slay{H2026}{(H8800)} him with guile{H6195}; thou shalt take{H3947}{(H8799)} him from mine altar{H4196}, that he may die{H4191}{(H8800)}.
  • Num 35:14-34 : 14 Ye shall give{H5414}{(H8799)} three{H7969} cities{H5892} on this side{H5676} Jordan{H3383}, and three{H7969} cities{H5892} shall ye give{H5414}{(H8799)} in the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667}, which shall be cities{H5892} of refuge{H4733}. 15 These six{H8337} cities{H5892} shall be a refuge{H4733}, both for the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}, and for the stranger{H1616}, and for the sojourner{H8453} among{H8432} them: that every one that killeth{H5221}{(H8688)} any person{H5315} unawares{H7684} may flee{H5127}{(H8800)} thither. 16 And if he smite{H5221}{(H8689)} him with an instrument{H3627} of iron{H1270}, so that he die{H4191}{(H8799)}, he is a murderer{H7523}{(H8802)}: the murderer{H7523}{(H8802)} shall surely{H4191}{(H8800)} be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}. 17 And if he smite{H5221}{(H8689)} him with throwing{H3027} a stone{H68}, wherewith he may die{H4191}{(H8799)}, and he die{H4191}{(H8799)}, he is a murderer{H7523}{(H8802)}: the murderer{H7523}{(H8802)} shall surely{H4191}{(H8800)} be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}. 18 Or if he smite{H5221}{(H8689)} him with an hand{H3027} weapon{H3627} of wood{H6086}, wherewith he may die{H4191}{(H8799)}, and he die{H4191}{(H8799)}, he is a murderer{H7523}{(H8802)}: the murderer{H7523}{(H8802)} shall surely{H4191}{(H8800)} be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}. 19 The revenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818} himself shall slay{H4191}{(H8686)} the murderer{H7523}{(H8802)}: when he meeteth{H6293}{(H8800)} him, he{H1931} shall slay{H4191}{(H8686)} him. 20 But if he thrust{H1920}{(H8799)} him of hatred{H8135}, or hurl{H7993}{(H8689)} at him by laying of wait{H6660}, that he die{H4191}{(H8799)}; 21 Or in enmity{H342} smite{H5221}{(H8689)} him with his hand{H3027}, that he die{H4191}{(H8799)}: he that smote{H5221}{(H8688)} him shall surely{H4191}{(H8800)} be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}; for he is a murderer{H7523}{(H8802)}: the revenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818} shall slay{H4191}{(H8686)} the murderer{H7523}{(H8802)}, when he meeteth{H6293}{(H8800)} him. 22 But if he thrust{H1920}{(H8804)} him suddenly{H6621} without{H3808} enmity{H342}, or have cast{H7993}{(H8689)} upon him any thing{H3627} without laying of wait{H6660}, 23 Or with any stone{H68}, wherewith a man may die{H4191}{(H8799)}, seeing{H7200}{(H8800)} him not{H3808}, and cast{H5307}{(H8686)} it upon him, that he die{H4191}{(H8799)}, and was not his enemy{H341}{(H8802)}, neither sought{H1245}{(H8764)} his harm{H7451}: 24 Then the congregation{H5712} shall judge{H8199}{(H8804)} between the slayer{H5221}{(H8688)} and the revenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818} according to these judgments{H4941}: 25 And the congregation{H5712} shall deliver{H5337}{(H8689)} the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)} out of the hand{H3027} of the revenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818}, and the congregation{H5712} shall restore{H7725}{(H8689)} him to the city{H5892} of his refuge{H4733}, whither he was fled{H5127}{(H8804)}: and he shall abide{H3427}{(H8804)} in it unto the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest{H3548}, which was anointed{H4886}{(H8804)} with the holy{H6944} oil{H8081}. 26 But if the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)} shall at any time{H3318}{(H8800)} come{H3318}{(H8799)} without the border{H1366} of the city{H5892} of his refuge{H4733}, whither he was fled{H5127}{(H8799)}; 27 And the revenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818} find{H4672}{(H8804)} him without{H2351} the borders{H1366} of the city{H5892} of his refuge{H4733}, and the revenger{H1350}{(H8802)} of blood{H1818} kill{H7523}{(H8804)} the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)}; he shall not be guilty of blood{H1818}: 28 Because he should have remained{H3427}{(H8799)} in the city{H5892} of his refuge{H4733} until the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest{H3548}: but after{H310} the death{H4194} of the high{H1419} priest{H3548} the slayer{H7523}{(H8802)} shall return{H7725}{(H8799)} into the land{H776} of his possession{H272}. 29 So these things shall be for a statute{H2708} of judgment{H4941} unto you throughout your generations{H1755} in all your dwellings{H4186}. 30 Whoso killeth{H5221}{(H8688)} any person{H5315}, the murderer{H7523}{(H8802)} shall be put to death{H7523}{(H8799)} by the mouth{H6310} of witnesses{H5707}: but one{H259} witness{H5707} shall not testify{H6030}{(H8799)} against any person{H5315} to cause him to die{H4191}{(H8800)}. 31 Moreover ye shall take{H3947}{(H8799)} no satisfaction{H3724} for the life{H5315} of a murderer{H7523}{(H8802)}, which is guilty{H7563} of death{H4191}{(H8800)}: but he shall be surely{H4191}{(H8800)} put to death{H4191}{(H8714)}. 32 And ye shall take{H3947}{(H8799)} no satisfaction{H3724} for him that is fled{H5127}{(H8800)} to the city{H5892} of his refuge{H4733}, that he should come again{H7725}{(H8800)} to dwell{H3427}{(H8800)} in the land{H776}, until the death{H4194} of the priest{H3548}. 33 So ye shall not pollute{H2610}{(H8686)} the land{H776} wherein ye are: for blood{H1818} it defileth{H2610}{(H8686)} the land{H776}: and the land{H776} cannot be cleansed{H3722}{(H8792)} of the blood{H1818} that is shed{H8210}{(H8795)} therein, but by the blood{H1818} of him that shed{H8210}{(H8802)} it. 34 Defile{H2930}{(H8762)} not therefore the land{H776} which ye shall inhabit{H3427}{(H8802)}, wherein{H8432} I dwell{H7931}{(H8802)}: for I the LORD{H3068} dwell{H7931}{(H8802)} among{H8432} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478}.
  • 1 Kgs 21:19 : 19 And thou shalt speak{H1696}{(H8765)} unto him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, Hast thou killed{H7523}{(H8804)}, and also taken possession{H3423}{(H8804)}? And thou shalt speak{H1696}{(H8765)} unto him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, In the place{H4725} where dogs{H3611} licked{H3952}{(H8804)} the blood{H1818} of Naboth{H5022} shall dogs{H3611} lick{H3952}{(H8799)} thy blood{H1818}, even thine.
  • 1 Kgs 21:23 : 23 And of Jezebel{H348} also spake{H1696}{(H8765)} the LORD{H3068}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The dogs{H3611} shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} Jezebel{H348} by the wall{H2426} of Jezreel{H3157}.
  • 2 Kgs 9:26 : 26 Surely I have seen{H7200}{(H8804)} yesterday{H570} the blood{H1818} of Naboth{H5022}, and the blood{H1818} of his sons{H1121}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}; and I will requite{H7999}{(H8765)} thee in this plat{H2513}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. Now therefore take{H5375}{(H8798)} and cast{H7993}{(H8685)} him into the plat{H2513} of ground, according to the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}.
  • 2 Chr 24:21-25 : 21 And they conspired{H7194}{(H8799)} against him, and stoned{H7275}{(H8799)} him with stones{H68} at the commandment{H4687} of the king{H4428} in the court{H2691} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}. 22 Thus Joash{H3101} the king{H4428} remembered{H2142}{(H8804)} not the kindness{H2617} which Jehoiada{H3077} his father{H1} had done{H6213}{(H8804)} to him, but slew{H2026}{(H8799)} his son{H1121}. And when he died{H4194}, he said{H559}{(H8804)}, The LORD{H3068} look{H7200}{(H8799)} upon it, and require{H1875}{(H8799)} it. 23 And it came to pass at the end{H8622} of the year{H8141}, that the host{H2428} of Syria{H758} came up{H5927}{(H8804)} against him: and they came{H935}{(H8799)} to Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}, and destroyed{H7843}{(H8686)} all the princes{H8269} of the people{H5971} from among the people{H5971}, and sent{H7971}{(H8765)} all the spoil{H7998} of them unto the king{H4428} of Damascus{H1834}. 24 For the army{H2428} of the Syrians{H758} came{H935}{(H8804)} with a small{H4705} company of men{H582}, and the LORD{H3068} delivered{H5414}{(H8804)} a very{H3966} great{H7230} host{H2428} into their hand{H3027}, because they had forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of their fathers{H1}. So they executed{H6213}{(H8804)} judgment{H8201} against Joash{H3101}. 25 And when they were departed{H3212}{(H8800)} from him,(for they left{H5800}{(H8804)} him in great{H7227} diseases{H4251},) his own servants{H5650} conspired{H7194}{(H8694)} against him for the blood{H1818} of the sons{H1121} of Jehoiada{H3077} the priest{H3548}, and slew{H2026}{(H8799)} him on his bed{H4296}, and he died{H4191}{(H8799)}: and they buried{H6912}{(H8799)} him in the city{H5892} of David{H1732}, but they buried{H6912}{(H8804)} him not in the sepulchres{H6913} of the kings{H4428}.
  • Matt 27:4-5 : 4 Saying{G3004}{(G5723)}, I have sinned{G264}{(G5627)} in that I have betrayed{G3860}{(G5631)} the innocent{G121} blood{G129}. And{G1161} they said{G2036}{(G5627)}, What{G5101} is that to{G4314} us{G2248}? see{G3700}{(G5695)} thou{G4771} to that. 5 And{G2532} he cast down{G4496}{(G5660)} the pieces of silver{G694} in{G1722} the temple{G3485}, and departed{G402}{(G5656)}, and{G2532} went{G565}{(G5631)} and hanged himself{G519}{(G5668)}.
  • Acts 28:4 : 4 And{G1161} when{G5613} the barbarians{G915} saw{G1492}{(G5627)} the venomous beast{G2342} hang{G2910}{(G5734)} on{G1537} his{G846} hand{G5495}, they said{G3004}{(G5707)} among{G4314} themselves{G240}, No doubt{G3843} this{G3778} man{G444} is{G2076}{(G5748)} a murderer{G5406}, whom{G3739}, though he hath escaped{G1295}{(G5685)}{G1537} the sea{G2281}, yet vengeance{G1349} suffereth{G1439}{(G5656)} not{G3756} to live{G2198}{(G5721)}.