Proverbs 28:17
A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, Unto the pit fleeth, none taketh hold on him.
Young's Literal 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
18Whoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.
Numbers 35:14the three of the cities ye give beyond the Jordan, and the three of the cities ye give in the land of Canaan; cities of refuge they are.
2 Samuel 13:34And Absalom fleeth, and the young man who is watching lifteth up his eyes and looketh, and lo, much people are coming by the way behind him, on the side of the hill.
1 Kings 2:29And it is declared to king Solomon that Joab hath fled unto the tent of Jehovah, and lo, near the altar; and Solomon sendeth Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, 'Go, fall upon him.'
1 Kings 21:23'And also of Jezebel hath Jehovah spoken, saying, The dogs do eat Jezebel in the bulwark of Jezreel;
2 Chronicles 24:21And they conspire against him, and stone him with stones by 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 →