Genesis 9:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Also, I will demand your blood for your lives. That is, I will demand the life of any person or animal that takes a human life.

Cross References

Exodus 21:12

“Whoever hits and kills someone must be killed too.

Psalm 9:12

He punishes murderers and remembers those who are in need. When suffering people cry for help, he does not ignore them.

Matthew 23:35

“So you will be guilty for the death of all the good people who have been killed on earth. You will be guilty for the killing of that godly man Abel. And you will be guilty for the killing of Zechariah son of Berachiah. He was killed between the Temple and the altar. You will be guilty for the killing of all the good people who lived between the time of Abel and the time of Zechariah.

Leviticus 19:16

You must not go around spreading false stories against other people. Don’t do anything that would put your neighbor’s life in danger. I am the Lord.

Exodus 20:13

“You must not murder anyone.

Acts 17:26

God began by making one man, and from him he made all the different people who live everywhere in the world. He decided exactly when and where they would live.

Genesis 42:22

Then Reuben said to them, “I told you not to do anything bad to that boy, but you refused to listen to me. Now we are being punished for his death.”

Judges 9:56

In that way God punished Abimelech for all the bad things he had done. Abimelech sinned against his own father by killing his 70 brothers.

2 Samuel 4:11

I will kill you too and remove this evil from our land because you evil men killed a good man sleeping on his own bed, in his own house.”

2 Chronicles 24:22

Joash the king didn’t remember Jehoiada’s kindness to him. Jehoiada was Zechariah’s father. But Joash killed Zechariah, Jehoiada’s son. Before Zechariah died, he said, “May the Lord see what you are doing and punish you!”

Leviticus 24:17

“And whoever kills another person must be put to death.

Leviticus 24:21

Whoever kills an animal must pay for the animal. But whoever kills another person must be put to death.

Numbers 35:16

“If you use an iron weapon to kill someone, you are a murderer, and you must die.

Numbers 35:17

If you use a rock large enough to kill someone and you kill another person, you are a murderer, and you must die.

Numbers 35:18

If you use a piece of wood large enough to kill someone and you kill another person, you are a murderer, and you must die.

Deuteronomy 19:11

“But suppose there is a man who hates his neighbor. That man might hide and wait to kill the person he hates. If he kills that person and runs to one of these cities of safety,

Deuteronomy 19:12

the elders in his hometown must send someone to get him and take him away from the city of safety. These leaders must hand him over to the close relative. He is a murderer and he must die.

1 Kings 2:6

Use your wisdom, but don’t let him die peacefully of old age.

2 Kings 11:1

Athaliah was Ahaziah’s mother. She saw that her son was dead, so she got up and killed all the king’s family.

2 Chronicles 33:24

His servants made plans against him. They killed Amon in his own house.

2 Chronicles 33:25

But the people of Judah killed all the servants who planned against King Amon. Then the people chose Amon’s son Josiah to be the new king.