1 Kings 2:31

God's Word

The king answered, “Do as he said. Kill him, and bury him. You can remove the innocent blood—the blood which Joab shed—from me and my father’s family.

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:28

Later when David heard about it, he said, “As far as the Lord is concerned, my kingdom and I are forever innocent of spilling the blood of Ner’s son Abner.

2 Samuel 3:29

May the blame fall on the head of Joab and all of his family. May there always be members of Joab’s family who have oozing sores and skin diseases, who can only work a spindle, who die in battle, and who never have any food.”

1 Kings 2:30

When Benaiah came to the tent of the Lord, he told Joab, “The king says, ‘Come out.’ ” “No,” Joab answered, “I’ll die here.” So Benaiah reported to the king what Joab had said and how he had answered.

2 Kings 9:26

‘Just as I saw the blood of Naboth and his sons yesterday, I will pay you back in this field,’ declares the Lord. Now take him and throw him into the field as the Lord predicted.”

Exodus 21:14

But whenever someone becomes so angry that he plans to kill his neighbor, you must take him away from my altar and put him to death.

Proverbs 28:17

A person burdened with the guilt of murder will be a fugitive down to his grave. No one will help him.

Numbers 35:33

“You must not pollute the land where you live. Murder is what pollutes the land. The land where a murder was committed can never make peace with the Lord except through the death of the murderer.

Acts 28:4

When the people who lived on the island saw the snake hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “This man must be a murderer! He may have escaped from the sea, but justice won’t let him live.”