Proverbs 28:17

The Scriptures 1998

A man oppressed by blood-guilt flees into a pit; Let no one help him.

Cross References

Genesis 4:12

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

Genesis 9:6

“Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood is shed, for in the image of Elohim has He made man.

2 Samuel 13:34

And Aḇ

2 Samuel 18:15

And ten young men who bore Yo’aḇ

1 Kings 2:29

And the report came to Sovereign Shelomoh that Yo’aḇ

1 Kings 21:19

“And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus said יהוה, “Have you murdered and also taken possession?” ’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus said יהוה, “In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naḇ

1 Kings 21:23

“And also of Izeḇ

2 Kings 9:26

‘Have I not seen the blood of Naḇ

Exodus 21:14

“But when a man acts presumptuously against his neighbour, to kill him by treachery, you are to take him even from My altar to die.

Proverbs 6:17

A proud look, A lying tongue, And hands shedding innocent blood,

Jeremiah 41:15

But Yishmaʽ

Acts 28:4

And when the foreigners saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to each other, “This man is certainly a murderer, whom, though saved from the sea, still right-ruling does not allow to live.”

Deuteronomy 19:11

“But when anyone hates his neighbour, and shall lie in wait for him and rise against him and smite the life from him so that he dies, then he shall flee to one of these cities,