Genesis 9:6

God's Word

Whoever sheds human blood, by humans his blood will be shed, because in the image of God, God made humans.

Cross References

Genesis 4:14

You have forced me off this land today. I have to hide from you and become a fugitive, a wanderer on the earth. Now anyone who finds me will kill me!”

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.”

Genesis 5:1

This is the written account of Adam and his descendants. When God created humans, he made them in the likeness of God.

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 2:9

Now, don’t let him go unpunished. You are wise and know what to do to him: Put that gray-haired, old man into his grave by slaughtering him.”

2 Kings 11:1

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

2 Kings 11:16

So they arrested her as she came to the street where the horses enter the royal palace, and there she was killed.

2 Kings 11:20

All the people of the land were celebrating. But the city was quiet because they had killed Athaliah with a sword at the royal palace.

2 Chronicles 33:24

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

Psalm 51:4

I have sinned against you, especially you. I have done what you consider evil. So you hand down justice when you speak, and you are blameless when you judge.

Exodus 20:13

“Never murder.

Proverbs 28:17

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

Ecclesiastes 3:3

a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build up,

Leviticus 17:4

is guilty of bloodshed. He has shed blood and must be excluded from the people. Bring the animal to the entrance of the tent of meeting. Offer it to the Lord in front of the Lord’s tent.

Leviticus 24:17

“Whoever kills another 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 35:25

⌞If you are innocent,⌟ the community must protect you from that relative. They must take you back to the city of refuge you fled to. You must live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

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.

Matthew 26:52

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword away! All who use a sword will be killed by a sword.

Romans 13:4

The government is God’s servant working for your good. But if you do what is wrong, you should be afraid. The government has the right to carry out the death sentence. It is God’s servant, an avenger to execute God’s anger on anyone who does what is wrong.

1 Corinthians 11:7

A man should not cover his head. He is God’s image and glory. The woman, however, is man’s glory.

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 5:17

“Never murder.

James 3:9

With our tongues we praise our Lord and Father. Yet, with the same tongues we curse people, who were created in God’s likeness.

Revelation 13:10

If anyone is taken prisoner, he must go to prison. If anyone is killed with a sword, with a sword he must be killed. In this situation God’s holy people need endurance and confidence.

Judges 9:56

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

1 Samuel 15:33

But Samuel said, “As your sword made women childless, so your mother will be made childless among women.” And Samuel cut Agag in pieces in the presence of the Lord at Gilgal.