Don't murder
You shall not murder.
You shall not murder.
Exodus 20:13
Cain and Abel
Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground. Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and for his offering; but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell. Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it." Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?" He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground. Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth."
Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground. Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and for his offering; but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell. Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it." Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?" He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground. Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth."
Genesis 4:2-12
Murder v. Manslaughter
He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put
to death. But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his
hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee. If, however, a man
acts presumptuously toward his neighbor, so as to kill him craftily, you are to
take him even from My altar, that he may die.
Exodus 21:12-14
Murder curses the ground
If a slain person is found lying in the open country in
the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess, and it is not known who
has struck him, then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the
distance to the cities which are around the slain one. It shall be that the
city which is nearest to the slain man, that is, the elders of that city, shall
take a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked and which has not pulled
in a yoke; and the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley
with running water, which has not been plowed or sown, and shall break the
heifer's neck there in the valley. Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall
come near, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and to bless in
the name of the LORD; and every dispute and every assault shall be settled by
them. All the elders of that city which is nearest to the slain man shall wash
their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley; and they shall
answer and say, 'Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
Forgive Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, O LORD, and do not place the
guilt of innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel.' And the
bloodguiltiness shall be forgiven them. So you shall remove the guilt of
innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of the
LORD.
Deuteronomy 21:1-9
Legal murder
Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of
Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people and said to them, "Thus
God has said, 'Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD and do not
prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has also forsaken you.'"
So they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him to
death in the court of the house of the LORD.
II Chronicles 24:20-21
Supporting murder
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, and say, 'If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers. You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell? Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. Behold, your house is being left to you desolate!
Supporting murder
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, and say, 'If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers. You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell? Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. Behold, your house is being left to you desolate!
Matthew 23:25-37
Father of lies and murder
You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the
desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not
stand in the truth because there is no truth in him.
John 8:44
Acts of hatred is akin to murder
You have heard that the ancients were told, 'YOU SHALL
NOT COMMIT MURDER ' and 'Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.'
But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty
before the court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing,'
shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, 'You fool,' shall
be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell. Therefore if you are presenting
your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something
against you, leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be
reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.
Matthew 5:21-24
Hating your brother is murder
What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you?
Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? You lust and do
not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight
and quarrel.
James 4:1-2
By this the children of God and the children of the
devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God,
nor the one who does not love his brother. For this is the message which you
have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; not as Cain,
who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay
him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother's were righteous. Do not be
surprised, brethren, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed out of
death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in
death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no
murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
I John 3:10-15
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