49 occurrences in 8 translations

'Kills' in the Bible

Then the Lord replied to him, “In that case, whoever kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.” And He placed a mark on Cain so that whoever found him would not kill him.

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainBlood, as symbol of guiltDeath penaltyRevenge, And RetaliationSanctity Of LifeSevenfoldRestraints From KillingMarks On PeopleDeath Penalty For KillingMan AvengingRevenge

"Benjamin is vicious like a wolf; what he kills in the morning he devours in the evening."

Verse ConceptsWolvesIn The MorningDividing PlunderFierce Men

However, if the ox was in the habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned, and its owner must also be put to death.

Verse ConceptsHabitsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfStriking To DeathAnimals KillingDeath Penalty For ViolenceInstructions About StoningRules About Killing AnimalsUnpremeditated

"If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he must pay back five head of cattle for the ox, and four sheep for the one sheep.

Verse ConceptsCompensationHeadsLaw, OtRestitutionSheepFour CreaturesFive Animals

“Any man from the house of Israel who kills an ox or lamb or goat in the camp, or kills it outside the camp

Verse ConceptsInside And Out

Whoever kills an animal is to make restitution for it, life for life.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of PunishmentRules About Killing Animals

Whoever kills an animal is to make restitution for it, but whoever kills a person is to be put to death.

Verse ConceptsDeath Penalty For KillingJudgement On MurderersRules About Killing Animals

“The cities you give the Levites will include six cities of refuge, which you must provide so that the one who kills someone may flee there; in addition to these, give 42 other cities.

Verse ConceptsFugitivesDeath penaltyRefugeesSanctuaryManslaughterTypes Of ChristAsylumSix ThingsForties

designate cities to serve as cities of refuge for you, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.

Verse ConceptsMurderRefugeManslaughterAccidental KillingsUnintentional

You will have the cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the one who kills someone will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.

Verse ConceptsRedemption, In Everyday LifeStandingMan AvengingDeath Of A Family Member

These six cities will serve as a refuge for the Israelites and for the foreigner or temporary resident among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there.

Verse ConceptsManslaughterStrangersAccidental KillingsForeigners Included In The LawUnintentionalAliens

The assembly is to protect the one who kills someone from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge he fled to, and he must live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

Verse ConceptsRankManslaughterAnointing PriestsDeath Of Office Holders

“If the one who kills someone ever goes outside the border of the city of refuge he fled to,

Verse ConceptsBoundaries

and the avenger of blood finds him outside the border of his city of refuge and kills him, the avenger will not be guilty of bloodshed,

“If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death based on the word of witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of one witness.

Verse ConceptsAgreements, LegalMurderWitnesses, LegalOnly One PersonDeath Penalty For Killing

that the manslayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unawares, and didn't hate him in time past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

Verse ConceptsDeath penaltyManslaughterNot HatingUnintentional

You shall build a roadway and divide into thirds the whole extent of your land that the Lord your God is providing as your inheritance; anyone who kills another person should flee to the closest of these cities.

Verse ConceptsAsylumMaking RoadsDividing Into Three Things

“Here is the law concerning a case of someone who kills a person and flees there to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him:

Verse ConceptsMurderManslaughterNot HatingUnintentional

as [for example] when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, but the iron head slips off the wooden handle and hits his companion and he dies—the offender may escape to one of these cities and live;

Verse ConceptsForestsToolsWoodCarpentry ToolsFelling TreesSharp ToolsIron Objects

[He does this] lest the avenger of blood might pursue after the killer, because {he is hot with anger} and he overtakes him, because it is a long distance [to the city of refuge], and [so] {he kills him}, but {he did not deserve a death sentence}, because he [was] not hating him {before}.

Verse ConceptsMan AvengingNot HatingDeath Of A Family Member

However, suppose a person hates someone else and stalks him, attacks him, kills him, and then flees to one of these cities.

Verse ConceptsWaitingPeople WaitingJudged As Murderers

As for the young lady, don't do anything to her. The young lady did nothing worthy of death. This case is similar to when a man attacks his countryman and kills him.

‘The one who secretly kills his neighbor is cursed.’And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

Verse ConceptsAmenAvoiding Secrecy

so that a person who kills someone unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

Verse ConceptsAccidental KillingsMan AvengingUnintentional

These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the assembly.

Verse ConceptsAccidental KillingsForeigners Included In The LawMan AvengingUnintentional

If he wins in a fight against me and kills me, we will be your servants. But if I win against him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.”

Verse ConceptsSubstitutionThose Subjected To People

Previously, an Israelite man had declared: “Do you see this man who keeps coming out? He comes to defy Israel. The king will make the man who kills him very rich and will give him his daughter. The king will also make the household of that man’s father exempt from paying taxes in Israel.”

Verse ConceptsExemptGetting RichGiving In Marriage

David spoke to the men who were standing with him: “What will be done for the man who kills that Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingInsultsLove, And The WorldUncircumcisionEliminating ShameOther Unimportant PeopleExamples Of Patriotism

The people told him about the offer, concluding, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”

Verse ConceptsAnswering People

“If the scourge kills suddenly,He mocks the despair of the innocent.

Verse ConceptsInnocence, Examples OfDoubting God's JusticeDespair

“The murderer arises at dawn;He kills the poor and the needy,And at night he is as a thief.

Verse ConceptsMurderNightRising EarlySecret SinsNot Helping The Poor

Far be it from me to admit that you're right! I intend to maintain my integrity even if it kills me!

Verse ConceptsAs Long As Life LastsFar Be It!Man Vindicates

He waits in ambush near the villages;he kills the innocent in secret places.His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;

Verse ConceptsSecrecyWaitingWatchfulness, Of BelieversCharacter Of WickedHelplessnessLooking At People For EvilJudged As Murderersrehabilitation

The lazy man does not catch and roast his prey,But the precious possession of a [wise] man is diligence [because he recognizes opportunities and seizes them].

Verse ConceptsCooking, MethodsComplacencySluggardsThriftHuntingFrugalityMen WorkingWorking Hard And Not Being Lazypossessionsslothgames

One slaughters an ox, one kills a man;one sacrifices a lamb, one breaks a dog’s neck;one offers a grain offering, one offers pig’s blood;one offers incense, one praises an idol—all these have chosen their waysand delight in their detestable practices.

Verse ConceptsBlood Of SacrificesAtonement, in OTDelighting, Wrong Kinds OfBlood, Figurative UseMemorialPleasureAbominations, Sin IsKilling Domesticated AnimalsPigsIncense Offered AmissKilling SacrificesMaking Cereal Offerings And Libationspork

Will you still say, "I am a god," before the one who kills you -- though you are a man and not a god -- when you are in the power of those who wound you?

Verse ConceptsMen As Godsartists

“You have heard that it was said to the men of old, ‘You shall not murder,’ and ‘Whoever murders shall be guilty before the court.’

Verse ConceptsLaw, Ten CommandmentsMurderChrist's Knowledge Of The ScripturesGod Speaking Of OldDo Not Murder

And He said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved and overwhelmed with sorrow, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch.”

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnhappinessStaying Put

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!

Verse ConceptsGod, Feminine Descriptions OfAffection, ExpressingBeing Earnest For IsraelMale And FemaleMercy, Of Jesus ChristMothers, As A SymbolProphets, Lives OfSensitivityWingsChickensGathered By GodDuplicating WordsWings Of BirdsKilling ProphetsPeople Unwilling

knowing this, that the law [is] not given for a righteous [person] but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and totally worldly, for the one who kills his father and the one who kills his mother, for murderers,

Verse ConceptsLawlessnessGrace, And SalvationMurderSin, Nature OfHomosexualityJudgement On MurderersLack Of Holinessdisobedience

If anyone is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodPatience, Accompanied BySaintsSpiritual VitalityMaintaining FaithOpportunityEnduranceperserverancecrusades

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