Bible Verses About Murder

Kayin had words with Hevel his brother; then one time, when they were in the field, Kayin turned on Hevel his brother and killed him.

He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!

Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood at your hands.

When you farm the ground it will no longer yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive, wandering the earth.”

Kayin said to Adonai, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.

You are banning me today from the land and from your presence. I will be a fugitive wandering the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

Adonai answered him, “Therefore, whoever kills Kayin will receive vengeance sevenfold,” and Adonai put a sign on Kayin, so that no one who found him would kill him.

So Kayin left the presence of Adonai and lived in the land of Nod [wandering], east of ‘Eden.

I will certainly demand an accounting for the blood of your lives: I will demand it from every animal and from every human being. I will demand from every human being an accounting for the life of his fellow human being.

Whoever sheds human blood, by a human being will his own blood be shed; for God made human beings in his image.

'Esav hated his brother because of the blessing his father had given him. 'Esav said to himself, "The time for mourning my father will soon come, and then I will kill my brother Ya'akov."

They spotted him in the distance, and before he had arrived where they were, they had already plotted to kill him.

So come now, let's kill him and throw him into one of these water cisterns here. Then we'll say some wild animal devoured him. We'll see then what becomes of his dreams!"

Don't shed blood," Re'uven added. "Throw him into this cistern here in the wilds, but don't lay hands on him yourselves." He intended to rescue him from them later and restore him to his father.

Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: "Every boy that is born, throw in the river; but let all the girls live."

"Do not murder.

"Whoever attacks a person and causes his death must be put to death.

But if someone willfully kills another after deliberate planning, you are to take him even from my altar and put him to death.

unless it happens after sunrise, in which case it is murder. A thief must make restitution; so if he has nothing, he himself is to be sold to make good the loss from the theft.

"'However, if he hits him with an iron implement and thus causes his death, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

Or if he hits him with a stone in his hand big enough to kill someone, and he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

Or if he hits him with a wood utensil in his hand capable of killing someone, and he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

The next-of-kin avenger is to put the murderer to death himself - upon meeting him, he is to put him to death.

Likewise, if he shoves him out of hatred; or intentionally throws something at him, causing his death;

or out of hostility strikes him with his hand, so that he dies; then the one who struck him must be put to death; he is a murderer; and the next-of-kin avenger is to put the murderer to death upon meeting him.