Bible Verses About Taking a Life

And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

Thou shalt not kill.

Thou shalt not kill.

He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.

And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares.

Thou shalt not kill.

But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities:

The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.

These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.

For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.