Acts 27:42

And the soldiers counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them'should swim out, and escape.

Psalm 74:20

Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.

Proverbs 12:10

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Mark 15:15-20

And Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released unto them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.

Luke 23:40-41

But the other answered, and rebuking him said, Dost thou not even fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

Acts 12:19

And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and tarried there.

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And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.

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General references

Psalm 74:20
Have respect unto the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of violence.
Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; But the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Mark 15:15
And Pilate, wishing to content the multitude, released unto them Barabbas, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
Luke 23:40
But the other answered, and rebuking him said, Dost thou not even fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?

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