Ex. 21:14,20,29• 14But if a man act wantonly toward his neighbour, and slay him with guile, thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
20And if a man strike his bondman or his handmaid with a staff, and he die under his hand, he shall certainly be avenged.
29But if the ox have gored heretofore, and it have been testified to its owner, and he have not kept it in, and it kill a man or a woman,--the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death. (Ex. 21:14,20,29)
Gen. 4:8‑23• 8And Cain spoke to Abel his brother, and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9And Jehovah said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper?
10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.
11And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield thee its strength; a wanderer and fugitive shalt thou be on the earth.
13And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is too great to be borne.
14Behold, thou hast driven me this day from the face of the ground, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a wanderer and fugitive on the earth; and it will come to pass, that every one who finds me will slay me.
15And Jehovah said to him, Therefore, whoever slayeth Cain, it shall be revenged sevenfold. And Jehovah set a mark on Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.
16And Cain went out from the presence of Jehovah, and dwelt in the land of Nod, toward the east of Eden.
17And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city; and he called the name of the city after the name of his son Enoch.
18And to Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lemech.
19And Lemech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the second, Zillah.
20And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of those who dwell in tents, and breed cattle.
21And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of those who handle the harp and pipe.
22And Zillah, she also bore Tubal-Cain, the forger of every kind of tool of brass and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.
23And Lemech said to his wives: Adah and Zillah, hear my voice, Ye wives of Lemech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for my wound, and a youth for my bruise. (Gen. 4:8‑23)
Gen. 9:5‑6• 5And indeed your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require: at the hand of every animal will I require it, and at the hand of Man, at the hand of each the blood of his brother, will I require the life of Man.
6Whoso sheddeth Man's blood, by Man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God he hath made Man. (Gen. 9:5‑6)
Num. 35:16‑34• 16And if he have smitten him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.
17And if he have smitten him with a stone from the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death.
18Or if he have smitten him with an instrument of wood, in the hand, wherewith one may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall certainly be put to death;
19the avenger of blood, he shall put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.
20And if he thrust at him out of hatred, or hurl at him intentionally, so that he die,
21or from enmity smite him with his hand, so that he die, he that smote him shall certainly be put to death; he is a murderer: the avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death, when he meeteth him.--
22But if he have thrust at him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him anything unintentionally,
23or have smitten him with any stone wherewith one may die, without seeing him, and have cast it upon him so that he die, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm:
24then the assembly shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these judgments;
25and the assembly shall rescue the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the assembly shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he had fled; and he shall abide in it until the death of the high-priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
26But if the manslayer shall in any way come outside the limits of the city of his refuge whither he hath fled,
27and the avenger of blood find him outside the limits of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kill the manslayer, there shall be no blood-guiltiness upon him;
28for the manslayer should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high-priest; but after the death of the high-priest he may return into the land of his possession.
29And this shall be unto you a statute of right throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
30Whoever shall smite a person mortally, at the mouth of witnesses shall the murderer be put to death; but one witness shall not testify against a person to cause him to die.
31And ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall certainly be put to death.
32And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that hath fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.
33And ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are; for blood, it polluteth the land; and there can be no atonement made for the land, for the blood that hath been shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
34And ye shall not defile the land that ye inhabit, in the midst whereof I dwell; for I am Jehovah who dwell in the midst of the children of Israel. (Num. 35:16‑34)
Deut. 19:11‑13• 11But if a man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and he flee into one of these cities,
12then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
13Thine eye shall not spare him; and thou shalt put away innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with thee. (Deut. 19:11‑13)
Psa. 10:8‑11• 8He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.
9He lieth in wait secretly, like a lion in his thicket; he lieth in wait to catch the afflicted: he doth catch the afflicted, drawing him into his net.
10He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.
11He saith in his heart, *God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see it. (Psa. 10:8‑11)
Matt. 5:21‑22• 21Ye have heard that it was said to the ancients, Thou shalt not kill; but whosoever shall kill shall be subject to the judgment.
22But *I* say unto you, that every one that is lightly angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; but whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be subject to be called before the sanhedrim; but whosoever shall say, Fool, shall be subject to the penalty of the hell of fire. (Matt. 5:21‑22)
Rom. 13:9• 9For, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not lust; and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. (Rom. 13:9)
Gal. 5:21• 21envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revels, and things like these; as to which I tell you beforehand, even as I also have said before, that they who do such things shall not inherit God's kingdom. (Gal. 5:21)
1 Tim. 1:9• 9knowing this, that law has not its application to a righteous person, but to the lawless and insubordinate, to the impious and sinful, to the unholy and profane, to smiters of fathers and smiters of mothers; to murderers, (1 Tim. 1:9)
James 2:11,13• 11For he who said, Thou shalt not commit adultery, said also, Thou shalt not kill. Now if thou dost not commit adultery, but killest, thou art become transgressor of the law.
13for judgment will be without mercy to him that has shewn no mercy. Mercy glories over judgment. (James 2:11,13)
1 John 3:12‑15• 12not as Cain was of the wicked one, and slew his brother; and on account of what slew he him? because his works were wicked, and those of his brother righteous.
13Do not wonder, brethren, if the world hate you.
14*We* know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death.
15Every one that hates his brother is a murderer, and ye know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. (1 John 3:12‑15)