Cursed be he that takes reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. Treasury of Scripture Deuteronomy 10:17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regards not persons... Deuteronomy 16:19 You shall not wrest judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise... Exodus 23:7,8 Keep you far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay you not: for I will not justify the wicked... Psalm 15:5 He that puts not out his money to usury, nor takes reward against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved. Proverbs 1:11-29 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privately for the innocent without cause... Ezekiel 22:12,13 In you have they taken gifts to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase... Micah 3:10,11 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity... Micah 7:2,3 The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood... Matthew 26:15 And said to them, What will you give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. Matthew 27:3,4 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself... Acts 1:18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the middle...
Context Curses Pronounced From Ebal
11And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12These shall stand on mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 13And these shall stand on mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14And the Levites shall speak, and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. 16Cursed be he that sets light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 17Cursed be he that removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. 18Cursed be he that makes the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. 19Cursed be he that perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. 20Cursed be he that lies with his father's wife; because he uncovers his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. 21Cursed be he that lies with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. 22Cursed be he that lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. 23Cursed be he that lies with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen. 24Cursed be he that smites his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. 25Cursed be he that takes reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. 26Cursed be he that confirms not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Cursed be he that taketh gifts, to slay an innocent person: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Darby Bible Translation
Cursed be he that taketh reward to smite mortally shedding innocent blood! And all the people shall say, Amen.
King James Bible
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Young's Literal Translation
Cursed is he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
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