Proverbs 28:17

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

If a man is burdened with the blood of another, let him be a fugitive until death; let no one help him.

Cross References

Genesis 4:12

When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

Genesis 9:6

Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image.

2 Samuel 13:34

But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, many people were coming from the Horonaim road by the side of the mountain.

2 Samuel 18:15

And ten young men, Joab's armor-bearers, surrounded Absalom and struck him, and killed him.

1 Kings 2:29

And when it was told King Solomon, “Joab has fled to the tent of the Lord, and behold, he is beside the altar,” Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down.”

1 Kings 21:19

And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Have you killed, and also taken possession?” ’ And you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “In the place where dogs licked up the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your own blood.” ’ ”

1 Kings 21:23

And of Jezebel the Lord also said, ‘The dogs shall eat Jezebel within the bounds of Jezreel.’

2 Kings 9:26

‘As surely as I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons—says the Lord—I will requite you on this plot of ground.’ Now therefore take him up and cast him on the plot of ground, in accordance with the word of the Lord.”

Exodus 21:14

But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him treacherously, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

Proverbs 6:17

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Jeremiah 41:15

But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.

Acts 28:4

When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer. Though he has escaped from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live.”

Deuteronomy 19:11

“But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and attacks him, and wounds him mortally so that he dies, and the man flees into one of these cities,