Bible Verses about “taking a life”

“‹But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.›”

“These six [things] doth the LORD hate: yea, seven [are] an abomination unto him:”

“A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,”

“For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”

“Thou shalt not kill.”

“‹But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.›”

“So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, ‹He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.›”

“¶ ‹Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:›”

“Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.”

“So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye [are]: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.”

“He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, ‹Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,›”

“Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.”

“¶ If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain;”

“¶ He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.”

“Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.”

“And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.”

“Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person [to cause him] to die.”

“Thou shalt not kill.”

“Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which [is] guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.”

“And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver [him] into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.”

“But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.”

“But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:”

“Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.”

“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.”

“But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,”

“Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing [him] not, and cast [it] upon him, that he die, and [was] not his enemy, neither sought his harm:”

“Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:”

“And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.”

“These six cities shall be a refuge, [both] for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither.”

“And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.”

“And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.”

“Or [if] he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he [is] a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.”

“The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.”

“But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;”

“Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote [him] shall surely be put to death; [for] he [is] a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.”

“But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled;”

“And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood:”

“Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession.”

“So these [things] shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.”

“And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.”

“Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.”

“And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.”

“And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.”

“Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, [which] shall be cities of refuge.”