Study the Bible by Topic
HOMICIDE

• ACCIDENTAL
  Numbers 35:11-15, Exodus 21:13, 28-32; 22-28, 32; Deuteronomy 4:41-43; 19:2-10; Joshua 20:1-9

• FELONIOUS OR MURDER

  • General references
    Genesis 4:9-12; 9:5, 6; 49:7; Exodus 20:13; 21:29-32; Numbers 35:16-22, 30, 31; Deuteronomy 5:17; 17:6; 21:1-9; 22:8; 27:24, 25; 1Kings 21:19; 2Chronicles 24:22; Job 24:1-25; Psalm 5:6; 9:12; 10:2; 26:9, 10; 37:32; 38:12; 55:23; Proverbs 1:11, 12, 94:3; 15, 16; 6:16, 17; 12:6; 28:17; Isaiah 26:21; 59:3, 7; Jeremiah 2:34; 7:9, 10; 19:4; 22:3; Ezekiel 22:9; 35:6; Hosea 1:4; 4:1-3; Habakkuk 2:10, 12; Matthew 5:21, 22; 15:19; 19:18; Mark 7:21; 10:19; Luke 18:20; Romans 13:9; Galatians 5:19-21; 1Timothy 1:9; James 2:11; 1Peter 4:15; 1John 3:12, 15; Revelation 9:21; 21:8; 22:15

    • See CONSPIRACY, FRATRICIDE, PARRICIDE, PATRICIDE, REGICIDE, SUICIDE

  • David's repentance for, and confession of, the murder of Uriah
    Psalm 51:1-17

• FELONIOUS OR MURDER

  • INSTANCES OF FELONIOUS HOMICIDE OR MURDER:

    • By Cain
      Genesis 4:8

    • By Lamech
      Genesis 4:23, 24

    • By Simeon and Levi
      Genesis 34:25-31

    • By Pharaoh
      Exodus 1:16, 22

    • By Moses
      Exodus 2:12

    • By Ehud
      Judges 3:16-23

    • By Jael
      Judges 4:21

    • By Abimelech
      Judges 9:5, 18, 56

    • By an Amalekite
      2Samuel 1:16

    • By Abner
      2Samuel 2:18-24

    • By Joab
      2Samuel 3:24-27; 20:9, 10; 1Kings 2:5

    • By Solomon
      1Kings 2:23-46

    • By Rechab and Baanah
      2Samuel 4:5-8

    • By David
      2Samuel 11:14-17; 12:9; Psalm 51:14

    • Of Amon
      2Kings 21:23

    • By Absalom
      2Samuel 13:22-29

    • By Baasha
      1Kings 15:27-29

    • By Zimri
      1Kings 16:9-11

    • By Ahab and Jezebel
      1Kings 21:10-24; 2Kings 6:32

    • By Hazael
      2Kings 8:15

    • By Jehu
      2Kings 9:24-37; 10:1-25

    • By Athaliah
      2Kings 11:1

    • Of Joash by his servants
      2Kings 12:20, 21

    • By Menahem
      2Kings 15:16

    • Of Sennacherib
      2Kings 19:37; Isaiah 37:38

    • By Manasseh
      2Kings 21:16; 24:4

    • By Jehoram
      2Chronicles 21:4

    • By Joash
      2Chronicles 24:21

    • By Amaziah's soldiers
      2Chronicles 25:12

    • By Nebuchadnezzar
      Jeremiah 39:6

    • By Ishmael
      Jeremiah 41:1-7

    • By the Ammonites
      Amos 1:13-15

    • By Herod the Great
      Matthew 2:16

    • By Herod Antipas
      Matthew 14:10; Mark 6:27

    • By Barabbas
      Mark 15:7; Acts 3:14

    • By the Sanhedrin and Pilate
      Matthew 26; 27

    • By the Sanhedrin
      Acts 7:54-60

    • By Herod
      Acts 12:2, 19

    • By raping
      Judges 19:25-28

• PUNISHMENT OF:

  • General references
    Genesis 4:13-15; 9:5, 6; 27:43-45; Exodus 21:12, 14; Leviticus 24:17; Numbers 35:16-21, 30-33; Deuteronomy 19:11-13; 2Samuel 12:9-12

  • Instances of the punishment of murderers:

    • Cain
      Genesis 4:11-15

    • David
      2Samuel 12:9, 10

    • Joab
      1Kings 2:31-34

    • Haman
      Esther 7:10

    • The murderer of Saul
      2Samuel 1:15, 16

    • The murderer of Ishbosheth
      2Samuel 4:11, 12

    • The murderers of Joash
      2Kings 14:5