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Proverbs 28:17 Cross-References
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“A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.”
Proverbs 28:17 (KJV)
Commentary on Proverbs 28:17
A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit (אָדָם עָשֻׁק בְּדַם־נֶפֶשׁ עַד־בּוֹר יָנוּס, adam ashuq bedam-nefesh ad-bor yanus)—עָשַׁק (ashaq, 'oppressed, burdened') by דָּם (dam, 'blood') of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, 'soul, life, person') indicates guilt for murder. This one יָנוּס (yanus, 'flees, runs away') to the בּוֹר (bor, 'pit, cistern, grave')—whether execution or death fleeing justice.Let no man stay him (אַל־יִתְמְכוּ־בוֹ, al-yitmeku-vo)—the prohibition: none should תָּמַךְ (tamakh, 'support, uphold, sustain') the murderer. This is not vigilante violence but reje...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Proverbs 28:17
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“his blood will be shed by man”
“saying”
“you shall take him from my altar”
“and three cities shall you give in the land of Canaan; they shall be cities of refuge.”
“I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said”
“and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Yahweh.”
“and the blood of his sons”
“saying”
“they said one to another”