Exodus 20:13
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13 (A)“You shall not murder.[a]
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- Exodus 20:13 The Hebrew word also covers causing human death through carelessness or negligence
Romans 13:9
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9 For the commandments, (A)“You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: (B)“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
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Deuteronomy 5:17
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17 (A)“‘You shall not murder.[a]
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- Deuteronomy 5:17 The Hebrew word also covers causing human death through carelessness or negligence
Genesis 9:5-6
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5 And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: (A)from every beast I will require it and (B)from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.
6 (C)“Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed,
(D)for God made man in his own image.
Exodus 21:14
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14 But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, (A)you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
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James 2:11
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11 For he who said, (A)“Do not commit adultery,” also said, (B)“Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
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Matthew 5:21-22
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Anger
21 (A)“You have heard that it was said to those of old, (B)‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable (C)to judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that (D)everyone who is angry with his brother[a] will be liable (E)to judgment; whoever insults[b] his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to (F)the hell[c] of fire.
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- Matthew 5:22 Some manuscripts insert without cause
- Matthew 5:22 Greek says Raca to (a term of abuse)
- Matthew 5:22 Greek Gehenna; also verses 29, 30
Deuteronomy 19:11-13
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11 “But if anyone hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and attacks him (A)and strikes him fatally so that he dies, and he flees into one of these cities, 12 then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there, and hand him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die. 13 (B)Your eye shall not pity him, (C)but you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood[a] from Israel, so that it may be well with you.
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- Deuteronomy 19:13 Or the blood of the innocent
Matthew 19:18
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18 He said to him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, (A)“You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,
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Leviticus 24:21
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21 (A)Whoever kills an animal shall make it good, (B)and whoever kills a person shall be put to death.
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Exodus 21:20
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20 “When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be avenged.
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1 John 3:12-15
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12 We should not be like (A)Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? (B)Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous. 13 Do not be surprised, brothers,[a] (C)that the world hates you. 14 We know that (D)we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death. 15 (E)Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that (F)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
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- 1 John 3:13 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verses 14, 16
James 2:13
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13 For (A)judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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