Murder
The unlawful taking of human life, prohibited by the sixth commandment (Exodus 20:13). Cain committed the first murder against his brother Abel (Genesis 4:8). Genesis 9:6 grounds the prohibition in the image of God: 'Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.' Jesus intensified the commandment to include anger and contempt: 'Anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment' (Matthew 5:21-22). First John 3:15 declares, 'Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer.' The sanctity of human life as God's image-bearers is the foundation of the prohibition against murder.
Verses about Murder
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Nombres 35:16
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.
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Nombres 35:17
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.
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Nombres 35:18
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.
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Nombres 35:19
The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.
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Nombres 35:21
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 …
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Nombres 35:30
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…
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Nombres 35:31
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.
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2 Rois 6:32
But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the …
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2 Rois 14:6
But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the Lord commanded, sayi…
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Job 24:14
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
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Psaumes 10:8
He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
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Psaumes 94:6
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
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Ésaïe 1:21
How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
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Jérémie 4:31
For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, …
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Jérémie 7:9
Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
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Osée 6:9
And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
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Osée 9:13
Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer.
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Matthieu 15:19
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
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Matthieu 19:18
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 witnes…
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Matthieu 22:7
But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.