That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
1 Kings
History / JeremiahBut these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
John
GospelsAnd that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / Ezekiel(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
Luke
Gospels / LukeThen Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
Joshua
HistoryAnd David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.
2 Samuel
HistoryHe hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass.
Psalms
PoetrySeeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThey shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
Job
WisdomDo good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersMoreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
Nehemiah
HistoryAnd the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
Judges
HistoryFor the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Malachi
Minor ProphetsHow much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Hebrews
General Epistles / UnknownBut if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Proverbs
WisdomSo persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
Exodus
LawI sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.
Joshua
HistoryLet me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
Job
WisdomThe son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
1 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.