Matthew 5:21

The Sermon On The Mount: Anger Toward Others

²⁰ “For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. ²¹ “You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not commit murder’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.’ ²² But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.

Law of Moses

Exodus

No

Exodus 20:13

“You shall not murder.

Deuteronomy 5:17

‘You shall not murder.

Matthew 5:43

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

Matthew 5:27

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’;

Matthew 5:33

“Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall fulfill your vows to the Lord.’

Genesis 9:5-6

Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man’s brother I will require the life of man.

Exodus 21:12-14

“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

Numbers 35:12

The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands before the congregation for trial.

Numbers 35:16-21

‘But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Numbers 35:30-34

‘If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death at the evidence of witnesses, but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.

Deuteronomy 16:18

“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 21:7-9

and they shall answer and say, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.

2 Samuel 20:18

Then she spoke, saying, “Formerly they used to say, ‘They will surely ask advice at Abel,’ and thus they ended the dispute.

1 Kings 2:5-6

“Now you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also shed the blood of war in peace. And he put the blood of war on his belt about his waist, and on his sandals on his feet.

1 Kings 2:31-32

The king said to him, “Do as he has spoken and fall upon him and bury him, that you may remove from me and from my father’s house the blood which Joab shed without cause.

Job 8:8-10

“Please inquire of past generations,
And consider the things searched out by their fathers.

Matthew 5:38

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’