Bible Verses About Killing

In the Bible, there are important teachings about the value of life and the wrongness of killing. In this blog post, we’ll explore Bible verses that talk about why killing is wrong and how we should respect and value every person’s life. These verses help us understand God’s view on life and why it’s important to live in peace and harmony with others. Let’s look at these scriptures together and learn more about the importance of life and how to live in a way that honors it.

Bible Verses About Killing

Exodus 20:13 – “You shall not murder.”

Matthew 5:21-22 – “You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment.”

Genesis 9:6 – “Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.”

Leviticus 24:17 – “Anyone who takes the life of a human being is to be put to death.”

Deuteronomy 5:17 – “You shall not murder.”

Proverbs 6:16-17 – “There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood.”

Psalm 82:4 – “Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

Matthew 26:52 – “‘Put your sword back in its place,’ Jesus said to him, ‘for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.’”

Romans 13:9 – “The commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not covet,’ and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”

1 John 3:15 – “Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.”

Exodus 21:12 – “Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death.”

Deuteronomy 19:11-12 – “But if out of hate someone lies in wait, assaults and kills a neighbor, then flees to one of these cities, the elders of his town shall send for him and bring him back from the city and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.”

Numbers 35:30 – “Anyone who kills a person is to be put to death as a murderer only on the testimony of witnesses. But one witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of a crime.”

1 Samuel 15:2-3 – “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

Joshua 11:20 – “For it was the Lord himself who hardened their hearts to wage war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating them without mercy, as the Lord had commanded Moses.”

Ezekiel 35:5 – “Because you have a perpetual hatred and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment.”

Proverbs 12:6 – “The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.”

Exodus 21:14 – “But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.”

2 Samuel 12:9 – “Why did you despise the word of the Lord by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.”

Psalm 139:13-14 – “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.”

Matthew 19:18 – “‘Which ones?’ he inquired. Jesus replied, ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony.’”

Luke 23:21 – “But they shouted, ‘Crucify him! Crucify him!’”

Revelation 21:8 – “But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Matthew 7:12 – “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.”

Genesis 4:10-11 – “The Lord said, ‘What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground. Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.’”

Romans 12:19 – “Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: ‘It is mine to avenge; I will repay,’ says the Lord.”

John 10:10 – “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.”

Ezekiel 18:30 – “Repent! Turn from all your offenses; sin will not be your downfall.”

Psalm 37:14 – “The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.”

Deuteronomy 27:25 – “Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’”

Job 31:30 – “I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against their life—”

Psalm 10:8 – “He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding, he murders the innocent. His eyes watch in secret for his victims.”

Isaiah 1:15 – “When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood.”

Proverbs 28:17 – “Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder will seek refuge in the grave; let no one hold them back.”

Jeremiah 7:9 – “Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known.”

Hosea 6:6 – “For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.”

Micah 6:7 – “Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”

Proverbs 11:21 – “Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free.”

Isaiah 59:7 – “Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways.”

Hosea 4:2 – “There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.”

Micah 2:1 – “Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it.”

Nahum 3:1 – “Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims!”

Jeremiah 22:3 – “This is what the Lord says: ‘Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do not wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.’”

Proverbs 1:16 – “For their feet rush into evil; they are swift to shed blood.”

Zechariah 8:17 – “Do not plot evil against each other, and do not love to swear falsely. I hate all this,” declares the Lord.”

Job 24:14 – “When daylight is fading, the murderer rises up, kills the poor and needy, and in the night steals forth like a thief.”

Psalm 94:21 – “They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.”

Lamentations 3:34 – “To denounce a man in his defense before the Most High, to deprive them of justice—would not the Lord see such things?”

Deuteronomy 32:35 – “It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them.”

Psalm 106:38 – “They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was desecrated by their blood.”

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