Genesis 9:5-6
New American Standard Bible
5 I certainly will require [a](A)your lifeblood; [b](B)from every animal I will require it. And [c]from every person, [d]from every man as his brother I will require the life of a person.
6 (C)Whoever sheds human blood,
By man his blood shall be shed,
For (D)in the image of God
He made mankind.
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- Genesis 9:5 Lit your blood of your lives
- Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of
- Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of
- Genesis 9:5 Lit from the hand of
1 Kings 2:32
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32 (A)The Lord will return his blood on his own head, (B)because he [a]struck two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know about it: (C)Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and (D)Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
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- 1 Kings 2:32 Lit attacked
2 Chronicles 24:22
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22 So Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Zechariah’s father Jehoiada had shown him, but he murdered his son. And as Zechariah died he said, “May (A)the Lord see and [a]avenge!”
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- 2 Chronicles 24:22 Lit seek; or require
Psalm 9:12
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- Psalm 9:12 I.e., avenges bloodshed
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