Genesis 9:6

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Genesis 9:6

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

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Exodus 20:13

Exodus 21:12

Proverbs 28:17

Bible References

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"Whoever strikes a man so that he dies is certainly to be put to death.

"If a thief is found while breaking into a house, and is struck down and dies, it is not a capital crime in that case,

but fails to bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting as an offering in the presence of the tent of the LORD, that person will incur bloodguilt. Because he has shed blood, that person is to be eliminated from contact with his people."

"If a man beats a human being to death, he is certainly to be executed,

The community is to release the inadvertent killer from the blood avenger and return him to the town of refuge where he had fled. He is to live there until the High Priest dies, who will have anointed him with holy oil.

"Furthermore, you're aware of what Zeruiah's son Joab did to me and to those two commanders of the armies of Israel, Ner's son Abner and Jether's son Amasa, whom he killed, and how he shed the blood of wartime during times of peace, staining the very belt he wears around his waist and the sandals he wears on his feet.

Jesus told him, "Put your sword back in its place! Everyone who uses a sword will be killed by a sword.

For they are God's servants, working for your good.

If anyone is to be taken captive, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed with a sword, with a sword he will be killed. Here is a call for endurance and faith of the saints:

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Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, to be like us. Let them be masters over the fish in the ocean, the birds that fly, the livestock, everything that crawls on the earth, and over the earth itself!"

This is the historical record of Adam's generations. When God created mankind, he made them in his own likeness.

Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what was evil in your sight. As a result, you are just in your pronouncement and clear in your judgment.

With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse those who are made in God's likeness.

General references

"You are not to commit murder.

"Whoever strikes a man so that he dies is certainly to be put to death.

A guilty man tormented by bloodshed will be a lifelong fugitive; let no one support him.