Proverbs 28:17
He that by violence shedeth any mans blood, shalbe a runnagate vnto his graue, and no man shalbe able to succour hym.
Bible (Bishops')
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 9:6Who so sheddeth mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man.
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 →