• Exodus 20:13
    "You shall not murder.

     
  • Matthew 5:21-22
    "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.' But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire.
     
  • Numbers 35:16-24
    ‘But if he strikes him with an iron implement, so that he dies, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. And if he strikes him with a stone in the hand, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon, by which one could die, and he does die, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. The avenger of blood himself shall put the murderer to death; when he meets him, he shall put him to death. If he pushes him out of hatred or, while lying in wait, hurls something at him so that he dies, or in enmity he strikes him with his hand so that he dies, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death. He is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall put the murderer to death when he meets him. ‘However, if he pushes him suddenly without enmity, or throws anything at him without lying in wait, or uses a stone, by which a man could die, throwing it at him without seeing him, so that he dies, while he was not his enemy or seeking his harm, then the congregation shall judge between the manslayer and the avenger of blood according to these judgments.
     
  • 1 John 3:15
    Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
     
  • Genesis 9:5-6
    Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man's brother I will require the life of man. "Whoever sheds man's blood,
    By man his blood shall be shed;
    For in the image of God
    He made man.
     
  • Exodus 21:12-14
    “He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. However, if he did not lie in wait, but God delivered him into his hand, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee. “But if a man acts with premeditation against his neighbor, to kill him by treachery, you shall take him from My altar, that he may die.
     
  • Numbers 35:30-34
    Whoever kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the testimony of witnesses; but one witness is not sufficient testimony against a person for the death penalty. Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death. And you shall take no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the priest. So you shall not pollute the land where you are; for blood defiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land, for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it. Therefore do not defile the land which you inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.’”

     
For more scripture references, please see Bible verses for Sixth Commandment


Resources

The Sixth Commandment

Bible Study by Martin G. Collins

God requires obedience to His sixth commandment, "You shall not murder," as stated in Exodus 20:13 and Deuteronomy 5:17. This commandment, second in a series of six governing responsibilities to neighbors, safeguards a person's most precious physical possession—life—from being unjustly taken by another. The spiritual …


The Sixth Commandment

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

No commandment reveals the immediate effect of sin as starkly as the breaking of the sixth. When this commandment is violated, the loss of life and the severing of relationships make the consequences of this sin painfully clear. Murder, as a direct violation of the sixth commandment, allows for the compilation of statistics that …


The Sixth Commandment

Sermon by John W. Ritenbaugh

There is no commandment that shows the effect of sin more immediately than the breaking of the Sixth Commandment. Breaking this commandment leads to separation through loss of life, making a division and producing the evident fruit of sin. Death, the ultimate separation, follows as the wages of sin, though the penalty is not …


The Sixth Commandment (Part One) (1997)

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

God thunders, "You shall not murder" (Exodus 20:13), yet violence permeates our society, both literally and spiritually. The staggering statistics reveal a murder every 22 minutes in America, totaling 23,760 annually, while suicide claims around 28,000 lives each year. Since 1973, the legalization of abortion has resulted in the …


The Sixth Commandment (Part 2): War! (1997)

'Personal' from John W. Ritenbaugh

The central fact remains that God has declared we must not kill. This principle, rooted in the Sixth Commandment, stands as a clear directive for our conduct. We face a choice to either obey this command or disregard it, and our decision hinges on the strength of our faith in the Bible's explicit teachings and examples. If we …


Abortion: The Land Is Full of Bloody Crimes

Article by John W. Ritenbaugh

The 'unviable tissue mass' is a human in a different stage of development than the born, but a human embryo will never develop into anything other than a human!


The Commandments (Part Fifteen)

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

Jesus emphasized the spirit of the law, which places deterrents on the motive (anger, resentment, envy, revenge), preventing murder from ever taking place.


The Commandments (Part Thirteen)

Sermon/Bible Study by John W. Ritenbaugh

God has never given mankind the prerogative to determine whether war is just or not. God has promised to protect us, conditioned on our obedience to our covenant.



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