Genesis 9:6

New International Reader's Version

“Anyone who murders a human being will be killed by a human being. That is because I have made human beings so that they are like me.

Cross References

Genesis 4:14

Today you are driving me away from the land. I will be hidden from you. I’ll be a restless person who wanders around on the earth. Anyone who finds me will kill me.”

Genesis 42:22

Reuben replied, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you wouldn’t listen! Now we’re being paid back for killing him.”

Genesis 5:1

Here is the written story of Adam’s family line. When God created human beings, he made them to be like him.

2 Samuel 4:11

Now you evil men have killed a man in his own house. He hadn’t done anything wrong. You killed him while he was lying on his own bed. You spilled his blood. So shouldn’t I spill your blood? Shouldn’t I wipe you off the face of the earth?”

1 Kings 2:9

But now I want you to think of him as guilty. You are wise. You will know what to do to him. Don’t let him live to become an old man. Put him to death.”

2 Kings 11:1

Athaliah was Ahaziah’s mother. She saw that her son was dead. So she began to destroy the whole royal house of Judah.

2 Kings 11:16

So they grabbed her as she reached the place where the horses enter the palace grounds. There she was put to death.

2 Kings 11:20

All the people of the land were filled with joy. And the city was calm. That’s because Athaliah had been killed with a sword at the palace.

2 Chronicles 33:24

Amon’s officials made plans against him. They murdered him in his palace.

Psalm 51:4

You are the one I’ve really sinned against. I’ve done what is evil in your sight. So you are right when you sentence me. You are fair when you judge me.

Exodus 20:13

“Do not murder.

Proverbs 28:17

Anyone troubled by the guilt of murder will seek to escape their guilt by death. No one should keep them from it.

Ecclesiastes 3:3

There is a time to kill. And there’s a time to heal. There is a time to tear down. And there’s a time to build up.

Leviticus 17:4

They do it instead of bringing the animal to the entrance to the tent of meeting. They sacrifice it instead of giving it as an offering to me in front of my holy tent. Then they will be thought of as guilty of spilling blood. Because they have done that, they must be separated from their people.

Leviticus 24:17

“ ‘Anyone who kills another human being must be put to death.

Numbers 35:16

“ ‘Suppose a person uses an iron object to hit and kill someone. Then that person is a murderer and must be put to death.

Numbers 35:25

The court must provide a safe place for the person accused of murder. It must keep the one accused of murder safe from those who want to kill them. The court must send the accused person back to the city they ran to for safety. The accused person must stay there until the high priest dies. That priest has been anointed with holy oil.

Numbers 35:33

“ ‘Do not pollute the land where you are. Murder pollutes the land. Only one thing can pay to remove the pollution in the land where murder has been committed. The blood of the one who spilled another’s blood must be spilled.

Matthew 26:52

“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “All who use the sword will die by the sword.

Romans 13:4

The one in authority serves God for your good. But if you do wrong, watch out! Rulers don’t carry a sword for no reason at all. They serve God. And God is carrying out his anger through them. The ruler punishes anyone who does wrong.

1 Corinthians 11:7

A man should not cover his head. He is the likeness and glory of God. But woman is the glory of man.

Deuteronomy 19:11

But suppose a man hates his neighbor. So he hides and waits for him. Then he attacks him and kills him. And he runs to one of those cities for safety.

Deuteronomy 5:17

“Do not murder.

James 3:9

With our tongues we praise our Lord and Father. With our tongues we curse people. We do it even though people have been created to be like God.

Revelation 13:10

“Everyone who is supposed to be captured will be captured. Everyone who is supposed to be killed by a sword will be killed by a sword.” (Jeremiah 15:2) So God’s people must be patient and faithful.

Judges 9:56

That’s how God punished Abimelek for the evil thing he had done to his father. He had murdered his 70 brothers.

1 Samuel 15:33

But Samuel said, “Your sword has killed the children of other women. So the child of your mother will be killed.” Samuel put Agag to death at Gilgal in front of the Lord.