Proverbs 28:17
A man who is tormented by life-blood will be a fugitive until the pit (of Abbadon, the unrighteous side of Sheol); 2 no one will support him. 1
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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
16A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. 2 One who hates ill-gotten gain will have long days. 1
18Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; 2 but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly. 1
Cross References
Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
Numbers 35:14You shall give three cities beyond the Jordan [Descender], and you shall give three cities in the land of Canaan [Humbled]. They shall be cities of refuge.
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 →