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Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.

I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

…because he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.

This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.

But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”

If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’

Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”

But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.

Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the LORD.

Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.

The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses.

I will cut off the ruler of Moab and kill all the officials with him,” says the LORD.

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.

The lion mauled enough for its cubs and strangled prey for the lioness. It filled its dens with the kill, and its lairs with mauled prey.

When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.

Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.

They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.

But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.

…and they conspired to arrest Jesus covertly and kill Him.

At this, the Pharisees went out and began plotting with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.

So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,

“It often throws him into the fire or into the water, trying to kill him. But if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”

…because He was teaching His disciples. He told them, “The Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men. They will kill Him, and after three days He will rise.”

…who will mock Him and spit on Him and flog Him and kill Him. And after three days He will rise again.”

When the chief priests and scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching.

But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

Now the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and scribes were looking for a covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.

Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’

I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.

At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”

Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate.

But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”

But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”

Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.

Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”

“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”

Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.

But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.

So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,

Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’

After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,

…but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.

He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.

Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

When the jailer woke up and saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, presuming that the prisoners had escaped.

While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.

Now then, you and the Sanhedrin petition the commander to bring him down to you on the pretext of examining his case more carefully. We are ready to kill him on the way.”

This man was seized by the Jews, and they were about to kill him when I came with my troops to rescue him. For I had learned that he is a Roman citizen,

…to grant them a concession against Paul by summoning him to Jerusalem, because they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.

For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.

The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom.

You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.

Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.

The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.

So the four angels who had been prepared for this hour and day and month and year were released to kill a third of mankind.

When the two witnesses have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the Abyss will wage war with them, and will overpower and kill them.