Bible Verses about “accidental killings”

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

“for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn't bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.”

“Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.”

“Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.”

“Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.”

“Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.”

“For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God's service, attending continually on this very thing.”

“For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same,”

“Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.”

“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

“Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.”

“For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."”

“Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.”

“"You shall not murder.”

“But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.”

“But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.”

“Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.”

“The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let's therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let's put on the armor of light.”

“"You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, 'You shall not murder;' and 'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.'”

“If the thief is found breaking in, and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no guilt of bloodshed for him.”

“Whoever sheds man's blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.”

“If the sun has risen on him, guilt of bloodshed shall be for him; he shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.”

“eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,”

“burning for burning, wound for wound, and bruise for bruise.”

“I will surely require your blood of your lives. At the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, I will require the life of man.”

“Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.”

“But if any harm follows, then you must take life for life,”

“"If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.”

“"One who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death,”

“One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.”

“and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;”

“then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.”

“but not if it is unintentional, but God allows it to happen: then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee.”

“Your eyes shall not pity; life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”

“If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.”

“But if any man hates his neighbor, and lies in wait for him, and rises up against him, and strikes him mortally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities;”

“then the elders of his city shall send and bring him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.”

“Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you.”

“If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,”

“then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;”

“Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of you.”

“as when a man goes into the forest with his neighbor to chop wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the handle, and lights on his neighbor, so that he dies; he shall flee to one of these cities and live:”

“Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,”

“"Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'Assign the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you by Moses,”

“that the manslayer who kills any person accidentally or unintentionally may flee there. They shall be to you for a refuge from the avenger of blood.”

“He shall flee to one of those cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city. They shall take him into the city with them, and give him a place, that he may live among them.”

“If the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver up the manslayer into his hand; because he struck his neighbor unintentionally, and didn't hate him before.”

“He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days. Then the manslayer shall return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city he fled from.'"”

“They set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah.”

“Beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.”