Gen 9:6, Exo 21:12, Num 35:31, Psa 79:3-5, Jer 18:21, Eze 16:20-21, 36 | ESV | STEP | Whoever sheds the blood of man , by man shall his blood be shed , for God made man in his own image .

Genesis 9:6

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

Exodus 21:12

12 ^c“Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death.

Numbers 35:31

31 Moreover, you shall accept no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall be put to death.

Psalms 79:3-5

3 They have poured out their blood like water
all around Jerusalem,
and there was ^dno one to bury them.
4 We have become ^ea taunt to our neighbors,
^fmocked and derided by those around us.
5 ^gHow long, O Lord? Will you be angry ^hforever?
Will your ⁱjealousy ^jburn like fire?

Jeremiah 18:21

21 Therefore ^kdeliver up their children to famine;
give them over to the power of the sword;
let their wives become childless ^land widowed.
May their men meet death by pestilence,
their youths be struck down by the sword in battle.

Ezekiel 16:20-21

20 ^mAnd you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and ⁿthese you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your whorings so small a matter 21 that you slaughtered my children and delivered them up as an offering by fire to them?

Ezekiel 16:36

36 Thus says the Lord God, Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness uncovered in your whorings with your lovers, and with all your abominable idols, ^oand because of the blood of your children that you gave to them,