Whoever sheds human blood, by humans his blood will be shed, for God made humans in his image.
Deuteronomy 19:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Do not look on him with pity but purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, and you will prosper. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Your eyes shall not pity him, but you shall clear Israel of the guilt of innocent blood, that it may go well with you. American Standard Version (1901) Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. Common English Bible Show no mercy to such killers. Remove innocent bloodshed from Israel so that things go well for you. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not take pity on him, and so shall you take away the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may be well with you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt not pity him, and thou shalt take away the guilt of innocent blood out of Israel, that it may be well with thee. |
Whoever sheds human blood, by humans his blood will be shed, for God made humans in his image.
Now the whole clan has risen up against your servant and said, “Hand over the one who killed his brother so we may put him to death for the life of the brother he murdered. We will eliminate the heir! ” They would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on earth.’
During David’s reign there was a famine for three successive years, so David enquired of the Lord. The Lord answered, ‘It is due to Saul and to his bloody family, because he killed the Gibeonites.’
and buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan at Zela in the land of Benjamin in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. They did everything the king commanded. After this, God was receptive to prayer for the land.
The king said to him, ‘Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him in order to remove from me and from my father’s family the blood that Joab shed without just cause.
No one cared enough about you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. But you were thrown out into the open field because you were despised on the day you were born.
Whoever kills an animal is to make restitution for it, but whoever kills a person is to be put to death.
You are not to accept a ransom for the life of someone who is guilty of murder; he must be put to death.
do not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
the elders of his city are to send for him, take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood and he will die.
Do not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
You must purge from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, for you will be doing what is right in the Lord’s sight.
You must destroy all the peoples the Lord your God is delivering over to you and not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
and when the Lord your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must completely destroy them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.