Deuteronomy 27:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’”
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“‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Cursed <FI>is<Fi> he who is smiting his neighbour in secret, --and all the people have said, Amen.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 27:24 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 20:13You shall not murder.
- Exodus 21:12Whoever strikes and kills a man must surely be put to death.
- Leviticus 24:17And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.
- Numbers 35:31You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 19:11If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
- Deuteronomy 19:12the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
- 2 Samuel 3:27When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
- 2 Samuel 11:15In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
- 2 Samuel 12:9Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
- 2 Samuel 13:28Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
- 2 Samuel 20:9“Are you well, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. And with his right hand Joab grabbed Amasa by the beard to kiss him.
- 1 Kings 2:5Moreover, you know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to avenge the blood of war. He stained with the blood of war the belt around his waist and the sandals on his feet.
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