Proverbs 28:17
One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.
In Context
18He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6Whoever takes a man's life, by man will his life be taken; because God made man in his image.
Numbers 35:14Three on the other side of Jordan and three in the land of Canaan, to be safe places for flight.
2 Samuel 13:34But Absalom went in flight. And the young man who kept the watch, lifting up his eyes, saw that a great band of people was coming down the slope by the way of the Horons; and the watchman came and gave word to the king, saying, I saw men coming down by the way of the Horons, from the hillside.
1 Kings 2:29And they said to King Solomon, Joab has gone in flight to the Tent of the Lord and is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, make an attack on him.
1 Kings 21:23And of Jezebel the Lord said, Jezebel will become food for dogs in the heritage of Jezreel.
2 Chronicles 24:21But when they had made a secret design against him, he was stoned with stones, by the king's order, in the outer square of the Lord's house.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:17
16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. Two things are here intimated to be the causes of the mal-administration of princes:—1. The love of money, that root of all evil; for hating covetousness here stands opposed to oppression, according to Moses's character of good magistrates, men fearing God and hating covetousness ( Exod. xviii. 21 ), not only not being covetous, but hating it, and shaking the hands from the holding of bribes.… Read the whole commentary →