Deuteronomy 27:25

Cursed [be] he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed {H779} be he that taketh {H3947} reward {H7810} to slay {H5221} an innocent {H5355} person {H5315}{H1818}. And all the people {H5971} shall say {H559}, Amen {H543}.

"'A curse on anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.' All the people are to say, 'Amen!'

‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 23:7 (4 votes)

    Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

  • Exodus 23:8 (4 votes)

    And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

  • Deuteronomy 10:17 (4 votes)

    For the LORD your God [is] God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

  • Psalms 15:5 (4 votes)

    [He that] putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these [things] shall never be moved.

  • Deuteronomy 16:19 (3 votes)

    Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

  • Micah 3:10 (2 votes)

    They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

  • Micah 3:11 (2 votes)

    The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, [Is] not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.