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Deut. 27:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

Ex. 23:7‑8• ⁷Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.
⁸And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous. (Ex. 23:7‑8)

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Prov. 1:11‑19• ¹¹If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood,{HR}Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
¹²Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol,{HR}And whole as those that go down into the pit.
¹³We shall find all precious substance,{HR}We shall fill our houses with spoil:
¹⁴Cast in thy lot among us;{HR}We will have all one purse.
¹⁵My son, walk not in the way with them,{HR}Keep back thy foot from their path.
¹⁶For their feet run to evil,{HR}And they make haste to shed blood.
¹⁷For in vain is the net spread in the eyes of a bird;
¹⁸And they lay wait for their own blood;{HR}They lurk privily for their own lives.
¹⁹So (are) the paths of every one that is greedy of gain:{HR}It taketh away the life of its owners. (Prov. 1:11‑19)

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Ezek. 22:12• ¹²In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah. (Ezek. 22:12)

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Deut. 10:17• ¹⁷For Jehovah your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward; (Deut. 10:17)

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Deut. 16:19• ¹⁹Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. (Deut. 16:19)

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Psa. 15:5• ⁵His silver he hath not given for usury,{HR}And a bribe against an innocent [person] he hath not taken.{HR}He who doeth these things shall not be moved forever. (Psa. 15:5)

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Prov. 1:11‑29• ¹¹If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood,{HR}Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
¹²Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol,{HR}And whole as those that go down into the pit.
¹³We shall find all precious substance,{HR}We shall fill our houses with spoil:
¹⁴Cast in thy lot among us;{HR}We will have all one purse.
¹⁵My son, walk not in the way with them,{HR}Keep back thy foot from their path.
¹⁶For their feet run to evil,{HR}And they make haste to shed blood.
¹⁷For in vain is the net spread in the eyes of a bird;
¹⁸And they lay wait for their own blood;{HR}They lurk privily for their own lives.
¹⁹So (are) the paths of every one that is greedy of gain:{HR}It taketh away the life of its owners.
²⁰Wisdom crieth without,{HR}She raiseth her voice in the broadways;
²¹She calleth at the head of the noisy (streets),{HR}At the entry of the gates;{HR}In the city she uttereth her words,
²²How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness,{HR}And scorners delight them in scorning,{HR}And fools hate wisdom?
²³Turn you at my reproof:{HR}Behold, I will pour forth my spirit unto you,{HR}I will make known my words unto you.
²⁴Because I have called, and ye refused;{HR}I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded;
²⁵And ye have rejected all my counsel,{HR}And would none of my reproof:
²⁶I also will laugh at your calamity.{HR}I will mock when your fear cometh;
²⁷When your fear cometh as sudden destruction,{HR}And your calamity cometh as a whirlwind;{HR}When distress and anguish come upon you.
²⁸Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;{HR}They will seek me diligently but shall not find me.
²⁹Because they hated knowledge{HR}And chose not the fear of Jehovah; (Prov. 1:11‑29)

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Ezek. 22:12‑13• ¹²In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
¹³Therefore, behold, I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. (Ezek. 22:12‑13)

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Mic. 3:10‑11• ¹⁰They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
¹¹The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. (Mic. 3:10‑11)

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Mic. 7:2‑3• ²The good man is perished out of the land, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt every man his brother with a net.
³Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge is there for a reward; and the great man uttereth his soul's greed: and together they combine it. (Mic. 7:2‑3)

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Matt. 26:15• ¹⁵and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver. (Matt. 26:15)

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Matt. 27:3‑4• ³Then Judas, who delivered him up, seeing that he had been condemned, filled with remorse, returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,
⁴saying, I have sinned [in] having delivered up guiltless blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to that]. (Matt. 27:3‑4)

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Acts 1:18• ¹⁸(This man then obtained a field from wages of [his] iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. (Acts 1:18)

J. N. Darby Translation

Cursed be he that taketh reward to smite mortally shedding innocent blood! And all the people shall say, Amen.

W. Kelly Translation

Cursed be he that taketh reward to smite mortally shedding innocent blood! And all the people shall say, Amen.

WK Verse Note

(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)