24 Bible Verses about Murder
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You have heard that it was said to the ancients: You shall not kill; and whoever shall kill, shall be liable to the sentence of the judges.
He said to him: Which? Jesus replied: You shall not kill; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not give false testimony;
You know the commandments, You shall not commit adultery; You shall not kill; You shall not steal; You shall not give false testimony; You shall not defraud; Honor your father and mother.
You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery; Do not kill; Do not steal; Do not bear false testimony; Honor your father and your mother.
For these commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not indulge evil desire; and if there is any other commandment, all are summed up in this saying, namely: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and for scorners, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for man-slayers,
For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now, though you do not commit adultery, yet, if you kill, you are a transgresssor of law. So speak, and so act, as those who shall be judged by the law of liberty.
But the fearful, and the unbelieving, and the detestable, and murderers and lewd persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
With out are dogs and sorcerers and lewd persons and murderers and idolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie.
He that despised Moses law, died without mercy, on the testimony of two or three witnesses:
Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one, and slew his brother: and for what reason did he slay him? because his own works were evil, and his brother s, righteous.
And Jesus answered and said: A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among; robbers, who stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and went away, leaving him half dead.
Then they will deliver you up to affliction, and kill you; and you will be hated by all nations on my account.
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues, and into prisons, after being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake. But this shall become to you the means of bearing testimony. Therefore, determine in your hearts not to meditate beforehand what you shall answer;read more.
for I will give you a mouth, and wisdom, which all your opposers shall not be able to gainsay or withstand. But you will be delivered up by parents and brothers and relatives and friends; and some of you they will put to death; and you will be hated by all for my name's sake.
But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod. Wherefore he promised, with an oath, to give her whatever she would ask. And being previously instigated by her mother, she said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Immerser?read more.
And the king was grieved: but on account of his oath, and those who reclined at table with him, he commanded it to be given. And he sent and beheaded John in the prison. And his head was brought in a dish, and given to the maiden: and she carried it to her mother.
and say: If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. So then you testify against yourselves, that you are the sons of those who killed the prophets. Do you also fill up the measure of your fathers.read more.
Serpents, generation of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell? For this reason, behold, I send you prophets and wise men and scribes; and some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city; that upon you may come all the righteous blood which has been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just to the blood of Zachariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say to you, All these things shall come upon this generation. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets and stonest those who are sent to thee, how often have I desired to gather thy children together, as a bird gathers her young under her wings, and you refused.
And the Pharisees immediately went out with the Herodians, and held a consultation against him, that they might destroy him.
him, delivered up by the fixed purpose and foreknowledge of God, you took, and with wicked hands did crucify and slay:
"When they heard these things, they were enraged in their hearts, and gnashed upon him with their teeth. But being full of the Holy Spirit, he looked earnestly up into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; and he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.read more.
And they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and, with one consent, rushed upon him, and drove him out of the city, and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul. And they stoned Stephen while he was calling on the Lord, and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice: Lord, let not this sin stand against them. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. And Saul was well pleased with his death.
You have heard that it was said to the ancients: You shall not kill; and whoever shall kill, shall be liable to the sentence of the judges. But I say to you, Whoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be liable to the sentence of the judges. And whoever shall say to his brother, Worthless fellow, shall be liable to the sentence of the Sanhedrin. But who ever shall say, Impious wretch, shall be in danger of hell-fire.
For from the heart come evil reasonings, murders, adulteries, lewd actions, thefts, false testimonies, impious words.
From Thematic Bible
Covetousness » Leads to » Murder
Fatherless » The wicked » Murder
Murder » Examples of
Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the Magi, was greatly enraged, and sent out and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem and in all its borders, from the age of two years and under, according to the time which he had strictly inquired of the Magi.
and drove him out of the city, and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.
Murder » Punishment of wilful
Murder » Of saints, specially avenged
that upon you may come all the righteous blood which has been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just to the blood of Zachariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the temple and the altar.
Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets: for God has avenged you on her.
And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
Murder » Forbidden
He said to him: Which? Jesus replied: You shall not kill; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not give false testimony;
For these commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not indulge evil desire; and if there is any other commandment, all are summed up in this saying, namely: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
Whoever hates his brother, is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
for no one of you should suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
Murder » Punishment of
Murder » To be proved by two witnesses at least
Murder » Represented as a sin crying unto heaven
and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than the blood of Abel.
and they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, Sovereign, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
Murder » God » Will avenge
Murder » God » Requires blood for
Murder » Exemplified
Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the Magi, was greatly enraged, and sent out and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem and in all its borders, from the age of two years and under, according to the time which he had strictly inquired of the Magi.
And he sent and beheaded John in the prison.
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They slew also those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers;
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have persecuted us, and do not please God, and are opposed to all men,
Murder » Mode of clearing those suspected of
When Pilate saw that he gained nothing, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, and said: I am innocent of the blood of this just man; you will see to it.
Murder » Described as killing » By lying in wait
Murder » Excludes from heaven
envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; with respect to which, I tell you now, as I also told you in times past, that those who practice such things shall riot inherit the kingdom of God.
With out are dogs and sorcerers and lewd persons and murderers and idolaters, and every one that loves and makes a lie.
Murder » The wicked » Encourage others to commit
Murder » Forbidden by mosaic law
Murder » Saints » Should warn others against
Murder » Punishment for » Inflicted by the nearest of kin
Murder » The wicked » Devise
Murder » Connected with idolatry
Murder » Defiles the » Land
Murder » Not concealed from God
Murder » Exemplified » Hazael
Murder » The wicked » Swift to commit
Murder » God » Rejects the prayers of those guilty of
Murder » Often committed by night
Murder » The wicked » Perpetrate
Murder » Persons guilty of » Not protected in refuge cities
Murder » Defiles the » Person and garments
Murder » Imputed to the nearest city when the murderer was unknown
Murder » Persons guilty of » Not to be pitied or spared
Murder » Described as killing » From hatred
Murder » God » Abominates
Murder » Exemplified » Joab
Murder » Explained by Christ
You have heard that it was said to the ancients: You shall not kill; and whoever shall kill, shall be liable to the sentence of the judges. But I say to you, Whoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be liable to the sentence of the judges. And whoever shall say to his brother, Worthless fellow, shall be liable to the sentence of the Sanhedrin. But who ever shall say, Impious wretch, shall be in danger of hell-fire.
Murder » Exemplified » Rechab
Murder » The wicked » Intent on
Murder » Is a work for the flesh
envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like; with respect to which, I tell you now, as I also told you in times past, that those who practice such things shall riot inherit the kingdom of God.
Murder » Exemplified » Esau
Murder » Described as killing » By an instrument of iron
Murder » Described as killing » By a hand weapon of wood
Murder » Described as killing » By the blow of a stone
Murder » Punishment for » Not to be commuted
Murder » Punishment for » death
Murder » Exemplified » Elders of jezreel
Murder » Exemplified » Joseph's brethren
Murder » Exemplified » Adrammelech
Murder » Exemplified » Manasseh
Murder » Exemplified » Baasha
Murder » Exemplified » Zimri
Murder » Exemplified » David
Murder » Exemplified » Ahab
Murder » The wicked » Lie in wait to commit
Murder » Punishment of, not commuted under the law
Murder » The law made to restrain
knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for the unholy and for scorners, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for man-slayers,
Murder » Comes from the heart
For from the heart come evil reasonings, murders, adulteries, lewd actions, thefts, false testimonies, impious words.
Murder » Described as killing » With premeditation
Murder » Persons guilty of » Had no protection from altars
Murder » Persons guilty of » Flee from God's presence
Murder » Persons guilty of » Wanderers and vagabonds
Murder » Persons guilty of » Fearful and cowardly
Murder » Punishment for » The curse of God
Murder » Exemplified » Princes of israel
Murder » Exemplified » Chief priests
When the morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people held a consultation against Jesus, that they might put him to death.
Murder » Exemplified » Judas
saying: I have sinned in having delivered up innocent blood. They replied: What is that to us? You will see to that.
Murder » Saints » Specially warned against
for no one of you should suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
Murder » God » Curses those guilty of
Murder » Cries for vengeance
Murder » The wicked » Being Full of
as they were filled with all unrighteousness, lewdness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, contention, deceit, malignity;
Murder » Exemplified » Cain
Murder » Exemplified » Men of shechem
Murder » Exemplified » Pharaoh
Murder » Defiles the » hands
Murder » The wicked » Have hands full of
Murder » Saints » Deprecate the guilt of
Murder » Killing a thief in the day, counted as
Murder » The jews often guilty of
Murder » Early introduction of
Murder » Why forbidden by God
Murder » Hatred is
Whoever hates his brother, is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
Murder » God » Makes inquisition for
Murder » Exemplified » People of gilead
Murder » Characteristic of the devil
You are of your father, the devil; and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the be ginning, and stood not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks that which is false, he speaks from what is his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Slander » Effects of » Murder
Topics on Murder
Do Not Murder
Matthew 5:21You have heard that it was said to the ancients: You shall not kill; and whoever shall kill, shall be liable to the sentence of the judges.
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