Genesis 9:5

God's Word

In addition, I will demand your blood for your life. I will demand it from any animal or from any person. I will demand the life of any person ⌞who kills⌟ another person.

Cross References

Genesis 42:22

Reuben said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you wouldn’t listen. Now we must pay for this bloodshed.”

2 Samuel 4:11

How much more ⌞should I reward⌟ wicked men who kill an innocent man on his own bed in his home? The Lord has rescued me from every trouble. I solemnly swear, as the Lord lives, I’ll now seek revenge for his murder and rid the land of you.”

1 Kings 2:6

Use your wisdom. Don’t let that gray-haired, old man go to his grave peacefully.

2 Kings 11:1

When Ahaziah’s mother, Athaliah, saw that her son was dead, she began to destroy the entire royal family.

2 Chronicles 24:22

King Joash did not remember how kind Zechariah’s father, Jehoiada, had been to him. Instead, he killed Jehoiada’s son. As Zechariah died, he said, “May the Lord see ⌞this⌟ and get revenge!”

2 Chronicles 33:24

His officials plotted against him and killed him in his palace.

2 Chronicles 33:25

Then the people of the land killed everyone who had plotted against King Amon. They made his son Josiah king in his place.

Psalm 9:12

The one who avenges murder has remembered oppressed people. He has never forgotten their cries.

Exodus 20:13

“Never murder.

Exodus 21:12

“Whoever strikes someone and kills him must be put to death.

Leviticus 19:16

Never gossip. Never endanger your neighbor’s life. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 24:17

“Whoever kills another person must be put to death.

Leviticus 24:21

Whoever kills an animal must replace it. Whoever kills a person must be put to death.

Numbers 35:16

“But if any of you uses an iron weapon to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death.

Numbers 35:17

If any of you picks up a stone as a weapon and uses it to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death.

Numbers 35:18

Or if any of you picks up a piece of wood as a weapon and uses it to kill another person, you are a murderer. Murderers must be put to death.

Numbers 35:21

or if you beat your enemy to death with your bare hands, you must be put to death. You are a murderer. The relative who can avenge the death must kill you when he catches up with you, because you are a murderer.

Matthew 23:35

As a result, you will be held accountable for all the innocent blood of those murdered on earth. This includes the murder of Abel, who had God’s approval, to that of Zechariah, son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Acts 17:26

From one man he has made every nation of humanity to live all over the earth. He has given them the seasons of the year and the boundaries within which to live.

Deuteronomy 19:11

Suppose someone hates another person, waits in ambush for him, attacks him, takes his life, and runs to one of these cities.

Deuteronomy 19:12

If someone does this, the leaders of your city must send for that person. They must take him from that city and hand him over to the relative who has the authority to avenge the death. He must die.

Judges 9:56

So God paid back Abimelech for the evil he had done to his father when he killed his 70 brothers.