Killing the Innocent
7 passages
- Exodus 23:7
Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Read it in context - Exodus 20:13
You shall not murder.
Read it in context - 1 John 3:12
Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
Read it in context - Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
Read it in context - Romans 9:11
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
Read it in context - Jeremiah 1:5
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Read it in context - Proverbs 6:17
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
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