Deuteronomy 19:13

New International Version

Show no pity. You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, so that it may go well with you.

Cross References

Genesis 9:6

“Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.

2 Samuel 14:7

Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant; they say, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother down, so that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed; then we will get rid of the heir as well.’ They would put out the only burning coal I have left, leaving my husband neither name nor descendant on the face of the earth.”

2 Samuel 21:1

During the reign of David, there was a famine for three successive years; so David sought the face of the Lord. The Lord said, “It is on account of Saul and his blood-stained house; it is because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

2 Samuel 21:14

They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish, at Zela in Benjamin, and did everything the king commanded. After that, God answered prayer in behalf of the land.

1 Kings 2:31

Then the king commanded Benaiah, “Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so clear me and my whole family of the guilt of the innocent blood that Joab shed.

Ezekiel 16:5

No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough to do any of these things for you. Rather, you were thrown out into the open field, for on the day you were born you were despised.

Leviticus 24:17

“ ‘Anyone who takes the life of a human being is to be put to death.

Leviticus 24:21

Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a human being is to be put to death.

Numbers 35:31

“ ‘Do not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer, who deserves to die. They are to be put to death.

Deuteronomy 13:8

do not yield to them or listen to them. Show them no pity. Do not spare them or shield them.

Deuteronomy 19:12

the killer shall be sent for by the town elders, be brought back from the city, and be handed over to the avenger of blood to die.

Deuteronomy 19:21

Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Deuteronomy 21:9

and you will have purged from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 25:12

you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity.

Deuteronomy 7:16

You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God gives over to you. Do not look on them with pity and do not serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

Deuteronomy 7:2

and when the Lord your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy.