Proverbs 28:17

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What does Proverbs 28:17 mean?

Proverbs 28:17 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Proverbs 28:17

• Genesis 9:6

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

• Exodus 21:14

  But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

• 1 Kings 21:19

  And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

• Numbers 35:14-34

  Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither. And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. …

• Acts 28:4

  And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.

• 2 Kings 9:26

  Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the Lord. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the Lord.

• 2 Chronicles 24:21-25

  And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord. Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord look upon it, and require it. And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. …

• Matthew 27:4-5

  Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

• 1 Kings 21:23

  And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.

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Context

• Proverbs 28:16

  The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

• Proverbs 28:17

  A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

• Proverbs 28:18

  Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

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