Bible Verses About Murder

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

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.

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

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 slay the murderer, when he meeteth him.

For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

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 him to die.

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.

Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,

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.

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:

And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.

But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

Thou shalt not kill.

Thou shalt not kill.

For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.

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.

When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.