What are some Bible verses about murder?

Answer  
  

Leviticus 24:17  

Whoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death.  
  

Exodus 20:13  

You shall not murder.  
  

Romans 12:19  

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”  
  

1 John 3:12  

We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.  
  

Revelation 21:8  

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.  
  

1 John 3:15  

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.  
  

Matthew 5:21\-22  

You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.  
  

Genesis 9:6  

Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.  
  

Exodus 21:12  

Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.  
  

John 8:44  

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.  
  

Deuteronomy 5:17  

You shall not murder.  
  

Numbers 35:31  

Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death.  
  

Genesis 9:5\-6  

And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: from every beast I will require it and from man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man. “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image."  
  

Romans 14:8  

For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.  
  

Revelation 21:4  

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.  
  

John 11:25\-26  

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”  
  

Matthew 26:52\-54  

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword. Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then should the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be so?”  
  

Romans 8:38\-39  

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.  
  

Matthew 10:28  

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.  
  

Romans 6:23  

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.  
  

*Unless otherwise noted, all Bible verses are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® Copyright© 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.*  
  

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