Genesis 9:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

And for your blood, which is your life, will I take payment; from every beast I will take it, and from every man will I take payment for the blood of his brother-man.

Cross References

Genesis 42:22

And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.

2 Samuel 4:11

How much more, when evil men have put an upright person to death, in his house, sleeping on his bed, will I take payment from you for his blood, and have you cut off from the earth?

1 Kings 2:6

So be guided by your wisdom, and let not his white head go down to the underworld in peace.

2 Kings 11:1

Now when Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she had all the rest of the seed of the kingdom put to death.

2 Chronicles 24:22

So King Joash did not keep in mind how good Jehoiada his father had been to him, but put his son to death. And in the hour of his death he said, May the Lord see it and take payment!

2 Chronicles 33:24

And his servants made a secret design against him, and put him to death in his house.

2 Chronicles 33:25

But the people of the land put to death all those who had taken part in the design against King Amon, and made his son Josiah king in his place.

Psalm 9:12

When he makes search for blood, he has them in his memory: he is not without thought for the cry of the poor.

Exodus 20:13

Do not put anyone to death without cause.

Exodus 21:12

He who gives a man a death-blow is himself to be put to death.

Leviticus 19:16

Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 24:17

And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.

Leviticus 24:21

He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.

Numbers 35:16

But if a man gives another man a blow with an iron instrument, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

Numbers 35:17

Or if he gives him a blow with a stone in his hand, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

Numbers 35:18

Or if he gave him blows with a wood instrument in his hands, causing his death, he is a taker of life and is certainly to be put to death.

Numbers 35:21

Or in hate gave him blows with his hand, causing death; he who gave the death-blow is to be put to death; he is a taker of life: he whose right it is to give punishment for blood may put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.

Matthew 23:35

Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this generation.

Acts 17:26

And he has made of one blood all the nations of men living on all the face of the earth, ordering their times and the limits of their lands,

Deuteronomy 19:11

But if any man has hate for his neighbour, and waiting for him secretly makes an attack on him and gives him a blow causing his death, and then goes in flight to one of these towns;

Deuteronomy 19:12

The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death.

Judges 9:56

In this way Abimelech was rewarded by God for the evil he had done to his father in putting his seventy brothers to death;