Genesis 9:6

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in His image.

Cross References

Genesis 4:14

Since You are banishing me today from the soil, and I must hide myself from Your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, whoever finds me will kill me.”

Genesis 42:22

But Reuben replied: “Didn’t I tell you not to harm the boy? But you wouldn’t listen. Now we must account for his blood! ”

Genesis 5:1

These are the family records of the descendants of Adam. On the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God;

2 Samuel 4:11

How much more when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house on his own bed! So now, should I not require his blood from your hands and wipe you off the earth? ”

1 Kings 2:9

So don’t let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man. You know how to deal with him to bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.”

2 Kings 11:1

When Athaliah, Ahaziah’s mother, saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.

2 Kings 11:16

So they arrested her, and she went through the horse entrance to the king’s palace, where she was put to death.

2 Kings 11:20

All the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet, for they had put Athaliah to death by the sword in the king’s palace.

2 Chronicles 33:24

So his servants conspired against him and put him to death in his own house.

Psalm 51:4

Against You — You alone — I have sinned and done this evil in Your sight. So You are right when You pass sentence; You are blameless when You judge.

Exodus 20:13

Do not murder.

Proverbs 28:17

A man burdened by bloodguilt will be a fugitive until death. Let no one help him.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

a time to kill and a time to heal; a time to tear down and a time to build;

Leviticus 17:4

instead of bringing it to the entrance to the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord before His tabernacle — that person will be considered guilty. He has shed blood and must be cut off from his people.

Leviticus 24:17

“If a man kills anyone, he must be put to death.

Numbers 35:16

“If anyone strikes a person with an iron object and death results, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

Numbers 35:25

The assembly is to protect the one who kills someone from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge he fled to, and he must live there until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil.

Numbers 35:33

“Do not defile the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land, and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it.

Matthew 26:52

Then Jesus told him, “Put your sword back in its place because all who take up a sword will perish by a sword.

Romans 13:4

For government is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For government is God’s servant, an avenger that brings wrath on the one who does wrong.

1 Corinthians 11:7

A man, in fact, should not cover his head, because he is God’s image and glory, but woman is man’s glory.

Deuteronomy 19:11

But if someone hates his neighbor, lies in ambush for him, attacks him, and strikes him fatally, and flees to one of these cities,

Deuteronomy 5:17

Do not murder.

James 3:9

We praise our Lord and Father with it, and we curse men who are made in God’s likeness with it.

Revelation 13:10

If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he goes. If anyone is to be killed with a sword, with a sword he will be killed. This demands the perseverance and faith of the saints.

Judges 9:56

In this way, God turned back on Abimelech the evil that he had done against his father, by killing his 70 brothers.

1 Samuel 15:33

Samuel declared: As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women. Then he hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.