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Proverbs 28:17

A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.

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ASV

A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.

KJV

A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אָ֭דָם'A.doma personH120 →
עָשֻׁ֣ק'a.ShukoppressedH6231 →
בְּדַם־be.dam-by [the] blood ofH1818 →
נָפֶשׁNa.fesha lifeH5315 →
עַד־'ad-toH5704 →
בּ֥וֹרBor[the] pitH953 →
יָ֝נ֗וּסya.Nushe will fleeH5127 →
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
יִתְמְכוּ־yit.me.khu-people supportH8551 →
בֽוֹ׃vo<in> him

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Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.Proverbs 1:18But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.Exodus 21:14But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.1 Kings 21:19Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”Jeremiah 41:15But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and went to the Ammonites.2 Kings 9:26‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”1 Kings 21:23And the LORD also speaks concerning Jezebel: ‘The dogs will devour Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’Acts 28:4When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”Matthew 27:4–5“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”2 Chronicles 24:21–25But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.Numbers 35:14–34Select three cities across the Jordan and three in the land of Canaan as cities of refuge.Psalms 140:10May burning coals fall on them; may they be thrown into the fire, into the miry pits, never to rise again.1 Kings 2:6So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.2 Samuel 3:30(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)Deuteronomy 21:1If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,Genesis 42:21Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”Habakkuk 2:17For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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