Bible Verses About Accidental Killings
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for accidental killings, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 417 votes, led by Joshua 20:1-9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Accidental Killings
Joshua 20:1-958 votes
The Lord also spake unto Joshua, saying,
Deuteronomy 19:1-1038 votes
When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
1 John 1:932 votes
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Genesis 9:625 votes
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Exodus 20:1320 votes
Thou shalt not kill.
Exodus 21:1318 votes
And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.
Exodus 21:2217 votes
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
Exodus 22:2-317 votes
If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.
Numbers 35:22-2517 votes
But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait,
Deuteronomy 19:1-2116 votes
When the Lord thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses;
Exodus 21:1214 votes
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
Deuteronomy 19:514 votes
As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbour, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
Romans 6:2314 votes
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 13:1-1414 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Exodus 21:12-1413 votes
He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death.
Genesis 9:5-612 votes
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.
Exodus 21:22-2512 votes
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
Deuteronomy 17:612 votes
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Matthew 5:21-2212 votes
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
1 John 3:1512 votes
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Leviticus 20:1310 votes
If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
2 Samuel 1:1-2710 votes
Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
Job 31:1510 votes
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
What does the Bible say about accidental killings?
Readers most often cite Joshua 20:1-9 on the subject of accidental killings. Across 417 votes, 23 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Deuteronomy 19:1-10, 1 John 1:9, Genesis 9:6. This page lists all 23 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.