Gen 9:5-6, 42:22, 2Sa 4:11, Eze 34:10, Luk 11:50-51, Act 20:26-27 | ESV | STEP | And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning : from every beast I will require it and from man . From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man .

s[See ver. 50 above]

w ch. 13:36; Luke 7:30; [ch. 2:23; Eph. 1:11; Heb. 6:17]

Genesis 9:5-6

5 And for your lifeblood I will require a reckoning: ^afrom every beast I will require it and ^bfrom man. From his fellow man I will require a reckoning for the life of man.

6 ^c“Whoever sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed,
^dfor God made man in his own image.

Genesis 42:22

22 And Reuben answered them, ^e“Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now ^fthere comes a reckoning for his blood.”

2 Samuel 4:11

11 How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now ^grequire his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?”

Ezekiel 34:10

10 Thus says the Lord God, ^hBehold, I am against the shepherds, and ⁱI will require my sheep at their hand and ^jput a stop to their feeding the sheep. ^kNo longer shall the shepherds feed themselves. ^lI will rescue my sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them.

Luke 11:50-51

50 so that ^mthe blood of all the prophets, shed ⁿfrom the foundation of the world, may be ^ocharged against this generation, 51 from the blood of ^pAbel to the blood of ^qZechariah, who perished between ^rthe altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be ^srequired of this generation.

Acts 20:26-27

26 Therefore ^tI testify to you this day that ^uI am innocent of the blood of all, 27 for ^vI did not shrink from declaring to you ^wthe whole counsel of God.