Genesis 9:6
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6 (A)“Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed,
(B)for God made man in his own image.
Leviticus 24:17
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Matthew 26:52
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52 Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For (A)all who take the sword will perish by the sword.
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Revelation 13:10
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10 (A)If anyone is to be taken captive,
to captivity he goes;
(B)if anyone is to be slain with the sword,
with the sword must he be slain.
(C)Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
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Numbers 35:33
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33 You shall not (A)pollute the land in which you live, for blood (B)pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed in it, except (C)by the blood of the one who shed it.
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Exodus 21:12-14
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12 (A)“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death. 13 (B)But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then (C)I will appoint for you a place to which he may flee. 14 But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him by cunning, (D)you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
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Genesis 1:26-27
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26 Then God said, (A)“Let us make man[a] in our image, (B)after our likeness. And (C)let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
27 So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
(D)male and female he created them.
Footnotes
- Genesis 1:26 The Hebrew word for man (adam) is the generic term for mankind and becomes the proper name Adam
James 3:9
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9 With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people (A)who are made in the likeness of God.
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Genesis 5:1
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Adam's Descendants to Noah
5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. When God created man, (A)he made him in the likeness of God.
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Romans 13:4
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4 for (A)he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, (B)an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.
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Genesis 4:14
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14 Behold, (A)you have driven me today away from the ground, and (B)from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, (C)and whoever finds me will kill me.”
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Psalm 51:4
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4 (A)Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil (B)in your sight,
(C)so that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.
1 Kings 2:28-34
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28 When the news came to Joab—for Joab (A)had supported Adonijah although (B)he had not supported Absalom—Joab fled to the tent of the Lord and caught hold of the (C)horns of the altar. 29 And when it was told King Solomon, “Joab has fled to the tent of the Lord, and behold, he is beside the altar,” Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, strike him down.” 30 So Benaiah came to the tent of the Lord and said to him, “The king commands, ‘Come out.’” But he said, “No, I will die here.” Then Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, “Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.” 31 The king replied to him, (D)“Do as he has said, strike him down and bury him, (E)and thus take away from me and from my father's house the guilt for the blood that Joab shed without cause. 32 The Lord will (F)bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men (G)more righteous and better than himself, (H)Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and (I)Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah. 33 (J)So shall their blood come back on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever. But for David and for his descendants and for his house and for his throne there shall be peace from the Lord forevermore.” 34 Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and struck him down and put him to death. And he was buried in his own house in the wilderness.
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1 Kings 2:5-6
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5 “Moreover, you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah (A)did to me, how he dealt with the two commanders of the armies of Israel, (B)Abner the son of Ner, (C)and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, avenging[a] in time of peace for blood that had been shed in war, and putting the blood of war[b] on the belt around his[c] waist and on the sandals on his feet. 6 Act therefore (D)according to your wisdom, but do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
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- 1 Kings 2:5 Septuagint; Hebrew placing
- 1 Kings 2:5 Septuagint innocent blood
- 1 Kings 2:5 Septuagint my; twice in this verse
Numbers 35:25
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25 And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled, and he shall live in it (A)until the death of the high priest (B)who was anointed with the holy oil.
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Leviticus 17:4
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4 and (A)does not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to offer it as a gift to the Lord in front of the tabernacle of the Lord, bloodguilt shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood, and that man (B)shall be cut off from among his people.
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Exodus 22:2-3
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2 [a] If a thief is found (A)breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him, 3 but if the sun has risen on him, there shall be bloodguilt for him. He[b] shall surely pay. If he has nothing, then (B)he shall be sold for his theft.
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- Exodus 22:2 Ch 22:1 in Hebrew
- Exodus 22:3 That is, the thief
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