Genesis 9:5

New King James Version

Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man’s brother I will require the life of man.

Cross References

Exodus 21:12

“He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death.

Psalm 9:12

When He avenges blood, He remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the humble.

Matthew 23:35

that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

Leviticus 19:16

You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the Lord.

Exodus 20:13

“You shall not murder.

Acts 17:26

And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings,

Genesis 42:22

And Reuben answered them, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy’; and you would not listen? Therefore behold, his blood is now required of us.”

Judges 9:56

Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father by killing his seventy brothers.

2 Samuel 4:11

How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous person in his own house on his bed? Therefore, shall I not now require his blood at your hand and remove you from the earth?”

2 Chronicles 24:22

Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son; and as he died, he said, “The Lord look on it, and repay!”

Leviticus 24:17

‘Whoever kills any man shall surely be put to death.

Leviticus 24:21

And whoever kills an animal shall restore it; but whoever kills a man shall be put to death.

Numbers 35:16

‘But if he strikes him with an iron implement, so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Numbers 35:17

And if he strikes him with a stone in the hand, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Numbers 35:18

Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Numbers 35:21

or in enmity he strikes him with his hand so that he dies, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

Deuteronomy 19:11

“But if anyone hates his neighbor, lies in wait for him, rises against him and strikes him mortally, so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities,

Deuteronomy 19:12

then the elders of his city shall send and bring him from there, and deliver him over to the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.

1 Kings 2:6

Therefore do according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace.

2 Kings 11:1

When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal heirs.

2 Chronicles 33:24

Then his servants conspired against him, and killed him in his own house.

2 Chronicles 33:25

But the people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon. Then the people of the land made his son Josiah king in his place.