'Kill' in the Bible

After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him."

When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men.

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Although Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.

They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised." And they became greatly distressed.

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'

"For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town,

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

"Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

So Herodias nursed a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not

for he was teaching his disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise."

They will mock him, spit on him, flog him severely, and kill him. Yet after three days, he will rise again."

But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and the inheritance will be ours!'

Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,'

"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do.

At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus, "Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you."

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate,

They will flog him severely and kill him. Yet on the third day he will rise again."

But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, 'This is the heir; let's kill him so the inheritance will be ours!'

For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.

After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him.

Hasn't Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?"

The crowd answered, "You're possessed by a demon! Who is trying to kill you?"

Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill?

So the Jewish leaders began to say, "Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'"

I know that you are Abraham's descendants. But you want to kill me, because my teaching makes no progress among you.

But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this!

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

So from that day they planned together to kill him.

So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too,

You don't want to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?'

Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,

but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him.

He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him.

When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he assumed the prisoners had escaped.

While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion.

So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place."

This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.

Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way.

For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and were trying to kill me.

Now the soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them would escape by swimming away.

realizing that law is not intended for a righteous person, but for lawless and rebellious people, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers,

So I looked and here came a pale green horse! The name of the one who rode it was Death, and Hades followed right behind. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill its population with the sword, famine, and disease, and by the wild animals of the earth.

The locusts were not given permission to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and their torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person.

Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour, day, month, and year were set free to kill a third of humanity.

When they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them.