Proverbs 28:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Don't give help to murderers! Make them stay on the run for as long as they live.

Cross References

Genesis 4:12

If you try to farm the land, it won't produce anything for you. From now on, you'll be without a home, and you'll spend the rest of your life wandering from place to place.

2 Samuel 13:34

and Absalom has run away.” One of the guards noticed a lot of people coming along the hillside on the road to Horonaim. He went and told the king, “I saw some men coming along Horonaim Road.”

2 Samuel 18:15

Ten of Joab's bodyguards came over and finished him off.

1 Kings 2:29

When Solomon heard about this, he sent someone to ask Joab, “Why did you run to the altar?” Joab sent back his answer, “I was afraid of you, and I ran to the LORD for protection.” Then Solomon shouted, “Benaiah, go and kill Joab!”

1 Kings 21:19

Go and tell him that I say, ‘Ahab, you murdered Naboth and took his property. And so, in the very spot where dogs licked up Naboth's blood, they will lick up your blood.’ ” When Elijah found him,

1 Kings 21:23

And as for Jezebel, dogs will eat her body there in Jezreel.

Exodus 21:14

If you plan in advance to murder someone, there's no escape, not even by holding on to my altar. You will be dragged off and killed.

Proverbs 6:17

Those who are too proud or tell lies or murder,

Jeremiah 41:15

But Ishmael and eight of his men escaped and went to Ammon.

Acts 28:4

When the local people saw the snake hanging from Paul's hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer! He didn't drown in the sea, but the goddess of justice will kill him anyway.”

Deuteronomy 19:11

But what if you really do commit murder? Suppose one of you hates a neighbour. So you wait in a deserted place, kill the neighbour, and run to a Safe Town.