14 occurrences

'Kill' in the Bible

"When you help the Hebrew women give birth," he said, "watch them as they deliver. If it's a son, kill him; but if it's a daughter, let her live."

Verse ConceptsInfantsSuffering, Nature OfInfanticideKept Alive By MenDeath Of All MalesBirthKilling Israelites

The man replied, "Who appointed you to be an official judge over us? Are you planning to kill me like you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses became terrified and told himself, "Certainly this event has become known!"

Verse ConceptsRulersAttempting To Kill MeThings Revealed

When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he tried to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh, settled in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well.

Verse ConceptsDanger, PhysicalFugitivesSittingPeople Sitting DownAttempting To Kill Specific People

The LORD told Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, because all the men who wanted to kill you are dead."

Verse ConceptsAttempting To Kill

And I say to you, "Let my son go so he may serve me. If you refuse to let him go, then I will kill your firstborn son.'"'"

Verse ConceptsFirstbornServanthood, And Worship Of GodDeath Of The FirstbornGod KillingWorshipping GodGod Killed The Peoples

But later on, at the lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.

Verse ConceptsInnsOpposition, To Sin And EvilMeeting GodGod KillingStaying TemporarilyGod Killing Individuals

The supervisors told them, "May the LORD look on you and judge you! You have made us repulsive to Pharaoh and his servants. You have put a sword in their hands to kill us."

Verse ConceptsNosesSmellsApproval To Kill

The Israelis told them, "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in the land of Egypt when we sat by the cooking pots, when we ate bread until we were filled because you brought us to this desert to kill this entire congregation with hunger."

Verse ConceptsIngratitudeMeatSelf PityCynicismDying In The WildernessDesire For DeathPlenty In EgyptNo FoodGod Might Kill His PeoplePots For Cooking And EatingDying In The Desert WeedComplaininghungerpot

But the people were thirsty there for water, so they complained against Moses: "Why did you bring us up from Egypt to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?"

Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersFaultsComplaintsMiracles, Responses ToResentment, Against GodSelf PityWaterDiscontentGrumbling At PeopleComplaining

If a man acts deliberately against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, you are to take him to die even if he's at my altar.

Verse ConceptsSanctity Of LifePresumptuous PlansDeath Penalty For Killing

And I'll be angry and will kill you with swords, and your wives will become widows and your children orphans.

Verse ConceptsEmotions, Shown By GodGod KillingGod KillsGod Will Be Angry

Stay far away from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent or the righteous, because I won't acquit the guilty.

Verse ConceptsInnocence, Teaching OnAcquittalDo Not MurderFar From OneJudicial PunishmentFake FriendsaccusationsAcquitting The Guilty

Why should the Egyptians say, "He brought them out with an evil intention to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth'? Turn from your anger and change your mind about the calamity against your people.

Verse ConceptsGod Changing His MindGod Might Kill His PeopleGod Turned Back From Harming ThemLet Not God Be AngryGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

He told them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says, "Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate in the camp, and each of you kill his brother and friend and neighbor.'"

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyComing To GatesKilling Brothers

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