Proverbs 28:17
“A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.”
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.
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Cross-References
“And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.”
“Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.”
“But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;”
“If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him:”
“So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.”