Murder

93 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.

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Abimelech
Absalom
Adrammelech
Ahab
Amalekite
Baasha
Barabbas
Cain
Characteristic of the Devil
Chief Priests
Comes from the Heart
Connected with Idolatry
Cries for Vengeance
David
Defiles The: Hands
Defiles The: Land
Defiles The: Person and Garments
Described As Killing by a Hand Weapon of Wood
Described As Killing by an Instrument of Iron
Described As Killing by Lying in Wait
Described As Killing by the Blow of a Stone
Described As Killing with Premeditation
Described As Killing: from Hatred
Early Introduction of
Elders of Jezreel
Esau
Excludes from Heaven
Explained by Christ
Forbidden by Mosaic Law
God: Abominates
God: Curses Those Guilty of
God: Makes Inquisition For
God: Rejects the Prayers of Those Guilty of
God: Requires Blood For
God: Will Avenge
Hatred Is
Hazael
Herodias and Her Daughter
Imputed to the Nearest City when the Murderer Was Unknown
Ishmael
Jews
Jezebel
Joab
Joseph's Brethren
Judas
Killing a Thief in the Day, Counted As
Manasseh
Men of Shechem
Mode of Clearing Those Suspected of
Not Concealed from God
Often Committed by Night
People of Gilead
Persons Guilty of Fearful and Cowardly
Persons Guilty of Flee from God's Presence
Persons Guilty of had No Protection from Altars
Persons Guilty of not Protected in Refuge Cities
Persons Guilty of not to be Pitied or Spared
Persons Guilty of Wanderers and Vagabonds
Pharaoh
Princes of Israel
Punishment For: Death
Punishment For: Forbidden
Punishment For: Inflicted by the Nearest of Kin
Punishment For: Not to be Commuted
Punishment For: The Curse of God
Punishment of
Punishment of, not Commuted Under the Law
Rechab
Represented As a Sin Crying to Heaven
Saints: Deprecate the Guilt of
Saints: should Warn Others Against
Saints: Specially Warned Against
The Herods
The Jews often Guilty of
The Law Made to Restrain
The Wicked: Devise
The Wicked: Encourage Others to Commit
The Wicked: Filled With
The Wicked: Have Hands Full of
The Wicked: Intent On
The Wicked: Lie in Wait to Commit
The Wicked: Perpetrate
The Wicked: Swift to Commit
To be Proved by Two Witnesses at Least
Why Forbidden by God
Zimri

Abimelech

Judges 9:5 He went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.

Absalom

2 Samuel 13:29 So Absalom’s young men did to Amnon just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the other sons of the king got up, and each one fled on his mule.

Adrammelech

2 Kings 19:37 One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

Ahab

1 Kings 21:19 Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will …

Amalekite

2 Samuel 1:16 For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”

Baasha

1 Kings 15:27 Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.

Barabbas

Mark 15:7 And a man named Barabbas was imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder during the insurrection.

Cain

Genesis 4:8 Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

Characteristic of the Devil

John 8:44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, …

Chief Priests

Matthew 27:1 When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.

Comes from the Heart

Matthew 15:19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

Connected with Idolatry

Ezekiel 22:3–4 and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself, …
2 Kings 3:27 So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.

Cries for Vengeance

Genesis 4:10 “What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

David

2 Samuel 12:9 Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.

Defiles The: Hands

Isaiah 59:3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

Defiles The: Land

Numbers 35:33 Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
Psalm 106:38 They shed innocent blood— the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

Defiles The: Person and Garments

Lamentations 4:13–14 But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst. …

Described As Killing by a Hand Weapon of Wood

Numbers 35:18 If anyone has in his hand a deadly object of wood, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

Described As Killing by an Instrument of Iron

Numbers 35:16 If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

Described As Killing by Lying in Wait

Numbers 35:20 Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,
Deuteronomy 19:11 If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,

Described As Killing by the Blow of a Stone

Numbers 35:17 Or if anyone has in his hand a stone of deadly size, and he strikes and kills another, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

Described As Killing with Premeditation

Exodus 21:14 But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.

Described As Killing: from Hatred

Numbers 35:20–21 Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him, …
Deuteronomy 19:11 If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,

Early Introduction of

Genesis 4:8 Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

Elders of Jezreel

1 Kings 21:13 And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

Esau

Genesis 27:41 Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Excludes from Heaven

Galatians 5:21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
Revelation 22:15 But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Explained by Christ

Matthew 5:21–22 You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ …

Forbidden by Mosaic Law

Exodus 20:13 You shall not murder.
Deuteronomy 5:17 You shall not murder.

God: Abominates

Proverbs 6:16–17 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: …

God: Curses Those Guilty of

Genesis 4:11 Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

God: Makes Inquisition For

Psalm 9:12 For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.

God: Rejects the Prayers of Those Guilty of

Isaiah 1:15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
Isaiah 59:2–3 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. …

God: Requires Blood For

Genesis 9:5 And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
Numbers 35:33 Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
1 Kings 2:32 The LORD will bring his bloodshed back upon his own head, for without the knowledge of my father David he struck down two men more righteous and better than he when he put to the sword Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s …

God: Will Avenge

Deuteronomy 32:43 Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He …
1 Kings 21:19 Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will …
Hosea 1:4 Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

Hatred Is

1 John 3:15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

Hazael

2 Kings 8:12 “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and …
2 Kings 8:15 But the next day Hazael took a thick cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over the king’s face. So Ben-hadad died, and Hazael reigned in his place.

Herodias and Her Daughter

Matthew 14:8–11 Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” …

Imputed to the Nearest City when the Murderer Was Unknown

Deuteronomy 21:1–3 If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him, …

Ishmael

Jeremiah 41:7 And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.

Jews

Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers —
1 Thessalonians 2:15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

Jezebel

1 Kings 21:10 But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”

Joab

1 Kings 2:31–32 And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that Joab shed. …

Joseph's Brethren

Genesis 37:20 “Come now, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a vicious animal has devoured him. Then we shall see what becomes of his dreams!”

Judas

Matthew 27:4 “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”

Killing a Thief in the Day, Counted As

Exodus 22:3 But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.

Manasseh

2 Kings 21:16 Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

Men of Shechem

Judges 9:24 in order that the crime against the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come to justice and their blood be avenged on their brother Abimelech and on the leaders of Shechem, who had helped him murder his brothers.

Mode of Clearing Those Suspected of

Deuteronomy 21:3–9 Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work, …
Matthew 27:24 When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”

Not Concealed from God

Isaiah 26:21 For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
Jeremiah 2:34 Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things

Often Committed by Night

Nehemiah 6:10 Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill …
Job 24:14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

People of Gilead

Hosea 6:8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.

Persons Guilty of Fearful and Cowardly

Genesis 4:14 Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

Persons Guilty of Flee from God's Presence

Genesis 4:16 So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

Persons Guilty of had No Protection from Altars

Exodus 21:14 But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.

Persons Guilty of not Protected in Refuge Cities

Deuteronomy 19:11–12 If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities, …

Persons Guilty of not to be Pitied or Spared

Deuteronomy 19:13 You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.

Persons Guilty of Wanderers and Vagabonds

Genesis 4:14 Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

Pharaoh

Exodus 1:22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”

Princes of Israel

Ezekiel 11:6 You have multiplied those you killed in this city and filled its streets with the dead.

Punishment For: Death

Genesis 9:5–6 And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man: …
Exodus 21:12 Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
Numbers 35:16 If, however, anyone strikes a person with an iron object and kills him, he is a murderer; the murderer must surely be put to death.

Punishment For: Forbidden

Genesis 9:6 Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
Exodus 20:13 You shall not murder.
Deuteronomy 5:17 You shall not murder.
Romans 13:9 The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

Punishment For: Inflicted by the Nearest of Kin

Numbers 35:19 The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
Numbers 35:21 or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death; he is a murderer. When the avenger of blood finds the murderer, he is to kill him.

Punishment For: Not to be Commuted

Numbers 35:32 Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.

Punishment For: The Curse of God

Genesis 4:11 Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

Punishment of

Genesis 4:12–15 When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.” …
Genesis 9:6 Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
Numbers 35:30 If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.
2 Kings 9:36–37 So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel. …
Jeremiah 19:4–9 because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the …

Punishment of, not Commuted Under the Law

Numbers 35:31 You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.

Rechab

2 Samuel 4:5–7 Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap. …

Represented As a Sin Crying to Heaven

Genesis 4:10 “What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Hebrews 12:24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
Revelation 6:10 And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge those who dwell upon the earth and avenge our blood?”

Saints: Deprecate the Guilt of

Psalm 51:14 Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.

Saints: should Warn Others Against

Genesis 37:22 “Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
Jeremiah 26:15 But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”

Saints: Specially Warned Against

1 Peter 4:15 Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.

The Herods

Matthew 2:16 When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.
Matthew 14:10 and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.
Acts 12:2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.

The Jews often Guilty of

Isaiah 1:21 See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

The Law Made to Restrain

1 Timothy 1:9 We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers,

The Wicked: Devise

Genesis 27:41 Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing his father had given him. And Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
Genesis 37:18 Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.

The Wicked: Encourage Others to Commit

1 Kings 21:8–10 Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city. …
Proverbs 1:11 If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

The Wicked: Filled With

Romans 1:29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,

The Wicked: Have Hands Full of

Isaiah 1:15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

The Wicked: Intent On

Jeremiah 22:17 “But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

The Wicked: Lie in Wait to Commit

Psalm 10:8–10 He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless. …

The Wicked: Perpetrate

Job 24:14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
Ezekiel 22:3 and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself,

The Wicked: Swift to Commit

Proverbs 1:16 For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
Romans 3:15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;

To be Proved by Two Witnesses at Least

Numbers 35:30 If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.
Deuteronomy 19:11 If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
Deuteronomy 19:15 A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Why Forbidden by God

Genesis 9:6 Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.

Zimri

1 Kings 16:10 So in the twenty-seventh year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Zimri went in, struck Elah down, and killed him. And Zimri reigned in his place.