Proverbs 28:17
A man laden with the blood of [any] person, fleeth to the pit: let no man stay him.
Darby Translation
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
Cross References
Genesis 9:6Whoso sheddeth Man's blood, by Man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God he hath made Man.
Numbers 35:14Three cities shall ye give on this side of the Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.
2 Samuel 13:34And Absalom fled. And the young man that watched lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, there came much people from the way behind him, from the hill-side.
1 Kings 2:29And it was told king Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of Jehovah; and behold, he is by the altar. And Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him.
1 Kings 21:23And of Jezebel also spoke Jehovah saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the moat of Jizreel.
2 Chronicles 24:21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
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 →