Proverbs 28:17
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A man that doth violence to the blood of a person, if he flee even to the pit, no man will stay him.

Genesis 9:6 Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.

Exodus 21:14 If a man kill his neighbour on set purpose, and by lying in wait for him: thou shalt take him away from my altar that he may die.

Numbers 35:14 Three shall be beyond the Jordan, and three in the land of Chanaan,

1 Kings 21:19,23 And thou shalt speak to him, saying: Thus saith the Lord: Thou hast slain: moreover also thou hast taken possession. And after these words thou shalt add: Thus saith the Lord: In this place, wherein the dogs have licked the blood of Naboth, they shall lick thy blood also. . . .

2 Kings 9:26 If I do not requite thee in this field, saith the Lord, for the blood of Naboth, and for the blood of his children, which I saw yesterday, saith the Lord. So now take him, and cast him into the field, according to the word of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 24:21-25 And they gathered themselves together against him, and stoned him at the king's commandment in the court of the house of the Lord. . . .

Matthew 27:4,5 Saying: I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. But they said: What is that to us? Look thou to it. . . .

Acts 28:4 And when the barbarians saw the beast hanging on his hand, they said one to another: Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, who, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance doth not suffer him to live.

Context
The Boldness of the Righteous
16A prince void of prudence shall oppress many by calumny: but he that hateth covetousness, shall prolong his days. 17A man that doth violence to the blood of a person, if he flee even to the pit, no man will stay him.18He that walketh uprightly, shall be saved: he that is perverse in his ways, shall fall at once.…
Cross References
Genesis 9:6
Whosoever shall shed man's blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.

Exodus 21:14
If a man kill his neighbour on set purpose, and by lying in wait for him: thou shalt take him away from my altar that he may die.

Proverbs 6:17
A heart that deviseth wicked plots, feet that are swift to run into mischief,

Jeremiah 41:15
But Ismahel the son of Nathanias fled with eight men, from the face of Johanan, and went to the children of Ammon.

Lexicon
A man
אָ֭דָם (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 120: Ruddy, a human being

burdened
עָשֻׁ֣ק (‘ā·šuq)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6231: To press upon, oppress, defraud, violate, overflow

by bloodguilt
בְּדַם־ (bə·ḏam-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

will be a fugitive
יָ֝נ֗וּס (yā·nūs)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5127: To flit, vanish away

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

death;
בּ֥וֹר (bō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 953: A pit, cistern, well

let no one
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

support
יִתְמְכוּ־ (yiṯ·mə·ḵū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8551: To sustain, to obtain, keep fast, to help, follow close

him.
בֽוֹ׃ (ḇōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
A man burdened by bloodguilt will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him.A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

A man that is laden with the blood of any person Shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.

He that becomes surety for a man charged with murder shall be an exile, and not in safety. Chasten thy son, and he shall love thee, and give honour to thy soul: he shall not obey a sinful nation.

A man laden with the blood of [any] person, fleeth to the pit: let no man stay him.

A man that is laden with the blood of any person shall flee unto the pit; let no man stay him.

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

A man who is tormented by life blood will be a fugitive until death; no one will support him.

A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.
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