Genesis 9:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“God made humans to be like himself. So whoever kills a person must be killed by another person.

Cross References

Leviticus 24:17

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

Matthew 26:52

Jesus said to the man, “Put your sword back in its place. People who use swords will be killed with swords.

Revelation 13:10

Whoever is to be a prisoner, will be a prisoner. Whoever is to be killed with a sword, will be killed with a sword. This means that God’s holy people must have patience and faith.

Numbers 35:33

“Don’t let your land be polluted with innocent blood. If a person murders someone, the only payment for that crime is that the murderer must be killed! There is no other payment that will free the land from that crime.

James 3:9

We use our tongues to praise our Lord and Father, but then we curse people who were created in God’s likeness.

Genesis 5:1

This is the history of Adam’s family. When God created people, he made them like himself.

Romans 13:4

Rulers are God’s servants to help you. But if you do wrong, you have reason to be afraid. They have the power to punish, and they will use it. They are God’s servants to punish those who do wrong.

Genesis 4:14

You are forcing me to leave the land, and I will not be able to be near you or have a home! Now I must wander from place to place, and anyone I meet could kill me.”

Psalm 51:4

I did what you said is wrong. You are the one I have sinned against. I say this so that people will know that I am wrong and you are right. What you decided is fair.

Numbers 35:25

If the community decides to protect you from the dead person’s family, the community must take you back to your city of safety. You must stay there until the official high priest dies.

Leviticus 17:4

It doesn’t matter; you must bring that animal to the entrance of the Meeting Tent. You must give a part of that animal as a gift to the Lord. You spilled blood, so you must take a gift to the Lord’s Holy Tent. If you don’t take part of the animal as a gift to the Lord, you must be separated from your people!

1 Corinthians 11:7

But a man should not cover his head, because he is made like God and is God’s glory. But woman is man’s glory.

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.”

Exodus 20:13

“You must not murder anyone.

Deuteronomy 5:17

‘You must not murder anyone.

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.

1 Samuel 15:33

But Samuel said to Agag, “Your sword took babies from their mothers. So now, your mother will have no children.” And Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.

2 Kings 11:16

So the soldiers grabbed Athaliah and killed her as soon as she went through the horse’s entrance to the palace.

Proverbs 28:17

A murderer will never have peace. Don’t support such a person.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

There is a time to kill and a time to heal. There is a time to destroy and a time to build.

Numbers 35:16

“If you use an iron weapon to kill someone, 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,

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.”

1 Kings 2:9

Now, don’t leave him unpunished. You are a wise man. You will know what you must do, 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 Kings 11:20

All the people were happy, and the city was peaceful. And Queen Athaliah was killed with a sword near the king’s palace.

2 Chronicles 33:24

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