Proverbs 28:17 · KJV
“A man that doeth violence to the blood of {any} person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.”
— Proverbs 28:17
The prince that wanteth understanding {is} also a great oppressor: {but} he that hateth covetousness shall prolong {his} days.
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but {he that is} perverse {in his} ways shall fall at once.
Proverbs 28 — Context
{As} a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; {so is} a wicked ruler over the poor people.
16The prince that wanteth understanding {is} also a great oppressor: {but} he that hateth covetousness shall prolong {his} days.
17A man that doeth violence to the blood of {any} person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but {he that is} perverse {in his} ways shall fall at once.
19He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain {persons} shall have poverty enough.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Exodus 21:14
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
1 Kings 21:19
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
2 Kings 9:26
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take {and} cast him into the plat {of ground}, according to the word of the LORD. {blood: Heb. bloods} {plat: or, portion}
Numbers 35:14-34
Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, {which} shall be cities of refuge.
2 Chronicles 24:21-25
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD.
1 Kings 21:23
And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. {wall: or, ditch}
Acts 28:4
And when the barbarians saw the {venomous} beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.