Genesis 9:6

New Living Translation

If anyone takes a human life, that person’s life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings in his own image.

Cross References

Genesis 4:14

You have banished me from the land and from your presence; you have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone who finds me will kill me!”

Genesis 42:22

“Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy?” Reuben asked. “But you wouldn’t listen. And now we have to answer for his blood!”

Genesis 5:1

This is the written account of the descendants of Adam. When God created human beings, he made them to be like himself.

2 Samuel 4:11

How much more should I reward evil men who have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed? Shouldn’t I hold you responsible for his blood and rid the earth of you?”

1 Kings 2:9

But that oath does not make him innocent. You are a wise man, and you will know how to arrange a bloody death for him.”

2 Kings 11:1

When Athaliah, the mother of King Ahaziah of Judah, learned that her son was dead, she began to destroy the rest of the royal family.

2 Kings 11:16

So they seized her and led her out to the gate where horses enter the palace grounds, and she was killed there.

2 Kings 11:20

So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was peaceful because Athaliah had been killed at the king’s palace.

2 Chronicles 33:24

Then Amon’s own officials conspired against him and assassinated him in his palace.

Psalm 51:4

Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just.

Exodus 20:13

“You must not murder.

Proverbs 28:17

A murderer’s tormented conscience will drive him into the grave. Don’t protect him!

Ecclesiastes 3:3

A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up.

Leviticus 17:4

instead of bringing it to the entrance of the Tabernacle to present it as an offering to the Lord, that person will be as guilty as a murderer. Such a person has shed blood and will be cut off from the community.

Leviticus 24:17

“Anyone who takes another person’s life must be put to death.

Numbers 35:16

“But if someone strikes and kills another person with a piece of iron, it is murder, and the murderer must be executed.

Numbers 35:25

The community must protect the slayer from the avenger and must escort the slayer back to live in the city of refuge to which he fled. There he must remain until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the sacred oil.

Numbers 35:33

This will ensure that the land where you live will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land. And no sacrifice except the execution of the murderer can purify the land from murder.

Matthew 26:52

“Put away your sword,” Jesus told him. “Those who use the sword will die by the sword.

Romans 13:4

The authorities are God’s servants, sent for your good. But if you are doing wrong, of course you should be afraid, for they have the power to punish you. They are God’s servants, sent for the very purpose of punishing those who do what is wrong.

1 Corinthians 11:7

A man should not wear anything on his head when worshiping, for man is made in God’s image and reflects God’s glory. And woman reflects man’s glory.

Deuteronomy 19:11

“But suppose someone is hostile toward a neighbor and deliberately ambushes and murders him and then flees to one of the cities of refuge.

Deuteronomy 5:17

“You must not murder.

James 3:9

Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it curses those who have been made in the image of God.

Revelation 13:10

Anyone who is destined for prison will be taken to prison. Anyone destined to die by the sword will die by the sword. This means that God’s holy people must endure persecution patiently and remain faithful.

Judges 9:56

In this way, God punished Abimelech for the evil he had done against his father by murdering his seventy brothers.

1 Samuel 15:33

But Samuel said, “As your sword has killed the sons of many mothers, now your mother will be childless.” And Samuel cut Agag to pieces before the Lord at Gilgal.