⁹ “‘Anyone who curses their father^(A) or mother^(B) is to be put to death.^(C) Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.^(D)

¹¹ “‘If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, he has dishonored his father.^(A) Both the man and the woman are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.^(B)

¹² “‘If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law,^(A) both of them are to be put to death. What they have done is a perversion; their blood will be on their own heads.

¹⁶ For David had said to him, “Your blood be on your own head.^(A) Your own mouth testified against you when you said, ‘I killed the Lord’s anointed.’”

³³ May the guilt of their blood rest on the head of Joab and his descendants forever. But on David and his descendants, his house and his throne, may there be the Lord’s peace forever.”

Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he is to be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.^(B)

⁴ then if anyone hears the trumpet but does not heed the warning^(A) and the sword comes and takes their life, their blood will be on their own head.^(B)

⁶ But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and takes someone’s life, that person’s life will be taken because of their sin, but I will hold the watchman accountable for their blood.’^(A)

⁸ When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die,^(A)’ and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for^[a] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.^(B)

²⁵ All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”^(A)