Deuteronomy 27:25
Cursed be he that takes reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
In Context
24Cursed be he that strikes his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cross References
Exodus 23:7Keep you far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay you not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Deuteronomy 16:19You shall not shift judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privately for the innocent without cause:
Micah 3:10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Matthew 26:15And said unto them, What will all of you give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
Acts 1:18Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:12-26
The Curses from Ebal. ( b. c. 1451.) 11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination… Read the whole commentary →