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Want to know what the Bible says about Thou Shalt Not Kill? Here are 233 Bible verses about Thou Shalt Not Kill from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Exodus 21:14 NIV
But if anyone schemes and kills someone deliberately, that person is to be taken from my altar and put to death.
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Isaiah 26:21 NIV
See, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling
    to punish the people of the earth for their sins.
The earth will disclose the blood shed on it;
    the earth will conceal its slain no longer.
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Exodus 21:20 NIV
“Anyone who beats their male or female slave with a rod must be punished if the slave dies as a direct result,
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Exodus 22:2-3 NIV
2 “If a thief is caught breaking in at night and is struck a fatal blow, the defender is not guilty of bloodshed; 3 but if it happens after sunrise, the defender is guilty of bloodshed.
“Anyone who steals must certainly make restitution, but if they have nothing, they must be sold to pay for their theft.
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Genesis 4:8 NIV
Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
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Exodus 21:12 NIV
“Anyone who strikes a person with a fatal blow is to be put to death.
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Genesis 9:5 NIV
And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.
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Leviticus 20:10 NIV
“‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife —with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.
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Matthew 15:19 NIV
For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
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Exodus 21:13 NIV
However, if it is not done intentionally, but God lets it happen, they are to flee to a place I will designate.
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