Bible Verses About Murder

Then Kain spake to Habel his brother. And when they were in the fielde, Kain rose vp against Habel his brother, and slewe him.

Againe he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me from the earth.

Now therefore thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thine hand.

When thou shalt till the grounde, it shall not henceforth yeelde vnto thee her strength: a vagabond and a runnagate shalt thou be in the earth.

Then Kain said to the Lord, My punishment is greater, then I can beare.

Behold, thou hast cast me out this day from the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid, and shalbe a vagabond, and a runnagate in the earth, and whosoeuer findeth me, shall slay me.

Then the Lord said vnto him, Doubtlesse whosoeuer slayeth Kain, he shalbe punished seue folde. And the Lord set a marke vpon Kain, lest any man finding him should kill him.

Then Kain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod towarde the Eastside of Eden.

For surely I will require your blood, wherein your liues are: at the hand of euery beast will I require it: and at the hand of man, euen at the hand of a mans brother will I require the life of man.

Who so sheadeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God hath he made man.

Therefore Esau hated Iaakob, because of the blessing, wherewith his father blessed him. And Esau thought in his minde, The dayes of mourning for my father will come shortly, then I will slay may brother Iaakob.

And when they sawe him a farre off, euen before he came at them, they conspired against him for to slay him.

Come now therefore, and let vs slay him, and cast him into some pitte, and wee will say, A wicked beast hath deuoured him: then wee shall see, what will come of his dreames.

Also Reuben saide vnto them, Shed not blood, but cast him into this pitte that is in the wildernesse, and lay no hande vpon him. Thus he said, that he might deliuer him out of their hand, and restore him to his father againe.

Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Euery man childe that is borne, cast yee into the riuer, but reserue euery maide childe aliue.

Thou shalt not kill.

He that smiteth a man, and he die, shall dye the death.

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

But if it be in the day light, blood shall be shed for him: for he should make full restitution: if he had not wherewith, then shoulde he bee solde for his theft.

And if one smite another with an instrument of yron that hee die, hee is a murtherer, and the murtherer shall die the death.

Also if hee smite him by casting a stone, wherewith hee may be slaine, and he die, hee is a murtherer, and the murtherer shall die the death.

Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may be slaine, if he die, he is a murtherer, and the murtherer shall die the death.

The reuenger of the blood himselfe shall slay the murtherer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him.

But if hee thrust him of hate, or hurle at him by laying of wait, that he die,

Or smite him through enimitie with his hand, that he die, he that smote him shall die ye death: for hee is a murtherer: the reuenger of the blood shall slay the murtherer when he meeteth him.