but he rejected Cain and his offering. Cain became furious, and he scowled in anger.

Then Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out in the fields." When they were out in the fields, Cain turned on his brother and killed him.

When Abner arrived in Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate, as though he wanted to speak privately with him, and there he stabbed him in the stomach. And so Abner was murdered because he had killed Joab's brother Asahel.

And Absalom hated Amnon so much for having raped his sister Tamar that he would no longer even speak to him.

and instructed his servants: "Notice when Amnon has had too much to drink, and then when I give the order, kill him. Don't be afraid. I will take the responsibility myself. Be brave and don't hesitate!"

So the servants followed Absalom's instructions and killed Amnon. All the rest of David's sons mounted their mules and fled.

Amasa was not on guard against the sword that Joab was holding in his other hand, and Joab stabbed him in the belly, and his insides spilled out on the ground. He died immediately, and Joab did not have to strike again. Then Joab and his brother Abishai went on after Sheba.

"There is something else. You remember what Joab did to me by killing the two commanders of Israel's armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. You remember how he murdered them in time of peace as revenge for deaths they had caused in time of war. He killed innocent men, and now I bear the responsibility for what he did, and I suffer the consequences.

You know what to do; you must not let him die a natural death.

"Do what Joab says," Solomon answered. "Kill him and bury him. Then neither I nor any other of David's descendants will any longer be held responsible for what Joab did when he killed innocent men.

The punishment for their murders will fall on Joab and on his descendants forever. But the LORD will always give success to David's descendants who sit on his throne."

A hypocrite hides hate behind flattering words.

Someone guilty of murder is digging his own grave as fast as he can. Don't try to stop him.

They rose up, dragged Jesus out of town, and took him to the top of the hill on which their town was built. They meant to throw him over the cliff,

But when someone gets angry and deliberately kills someone else, he is to be put to death, even if he has run to my altar for safety.

"But suppose you deliberately murder your enemy in cold blood and then escape to one of those cities for protection.

The next day an evil spirit from God suddenly took control of Saul, and he raved in his house like a madman. David was playing the harp, as he did every day, and Saul was holding a spear.

"I'll pin him to the wall," Saul said to himself, and he threw the spear at him twice; but David dodged each time.

and Saul ordered them to tell David: "All the king wants from you as payment for the bride are the foreskins of a hundred dead Philistines, as revenge on his enemies." (This was how Saul planned to have David killed by the Philistines.)

One day an evil spirit from the LORD took control of Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was there, playing his harp.

That same night Saul sent some men to watch David's house and kill him the next morning. Michal, David's wife, warned him, "If you don't get away tonight, tomorrow you will be dead."

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and went to Jonathan. "What have I done?" he asked. "What crime have I committed? What wrong have I done to your father to make him want to kill me?"

Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, and he said, "God has put him in my power. David has trapped himself by going into a walled town with fortified gates."

When David heard that Saul was planning to attack him, he said to the priest Abiathar, "Bring the ephod here."

Look, my father, look at the piece of your robe I am holding! I could have killed you, but instead I only cut this off. This should convince you that I have no thought of rebelling against you or of harming you. You are hunting me down to kill me, even though I have not done you any wrong.

Their speech is filled with curses, lies, and threats; they are quick to speak hateful, evil words.

they wait in their hiding place like lions. They lie in wait for the poor; they catch them in their traps and drag them away.

because the wicked have drawn their bows and aimed their arrows to shoot from the shadows at good people.

Without any reason they laid a trap for me and dug a deep hole to catch me.

But destruction will catch them before they know it; they will be caught in their own trap and fall to their destruction!

I am surrounded by enemies, who are like lions hungry for human flesh. Their teeth are like spears and arrows; their tongues are like sharp swords.

My enemies have spread a net to catch me; I am overcome with distress. They dug a pit in my path, but fell into it themselves.

but people like that are setting a trap for themselves, a trap in which they will die.

Robbery always claims the life of the robber---this is what happens to anyone who lives by violence.

So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but she could not because of Herod.

So the girl went out and asked her mother, "What shall I ask for?" "The head of John the Baptist," she answered.

This made the king very sad, but he could not refuse her because of the vows he had made in front of all his guests.

where he stayed three months. He was getting ready to go to Syria when he discovered that there were Jews plotting against him; so he decided to go back through Macedonia.

But don't listen to them, because there are more than forty men who will be hiding and waiting for him. They have taken a vow not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are now ready to do it and are waiting for your decision."