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Bible verses related to Punishment For Murder from the King James Version (KJV) by Relevance - Sort By Book Order Romans 12:19 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Then Jesus *said to him, “Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword. But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
The basic sanction against murder is contained in Genesis 9:6: “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image.” Since murder is a crime against God, in whose image man was created, it demands the extreme penalty of capital punishment.
Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is too great to bear! Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
Capital punishment. In the Old Testament, the Lord set in place capital punishment for murderers ( Genesis 9:6 ; Leviticus 24:17 ). God values human life and takes murder seriously.
Does the Bible say murderers, rapists and other criminals should be put to death? Do the Old Testament laws about capital punishment (the death penalty) apply to Christians? Does "Thou shalt not kill" in the Ten Commandments mean the death penalty is wrong?
The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.