And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.


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Luke 3 14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Acts 5 22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,
Numbers 31 19 And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.
2 Kings 10 14 And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them.
Acts 5 33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
Ezekiel 23 47 And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
Numbers 5 4 And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel.
Revelation 13 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
Psalms 79 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
Luke 9 21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
Acts 5 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
2 Chronicles 28 13 And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
Amos 9 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
Luke 23 36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
Jeremiah 38 4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
1 Kings 8 47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
Esther 7 4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
2 Chronicles 6 37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
Ezekiel 3 11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
Romans 12 20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Leviticus 24 23 And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses.
Deuteronomy 2 16 So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
Jeremiah 18 22 Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
1 Kings 20 42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
2 Kings 6 22 And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.
1 Samuel 19 1 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
Matthew 5 21 Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
2 Chronicles 28 11 Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.
Joshua 5 8 And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole.
Genesis 39 22 And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it.
Acts 16 24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Acts 27 32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
Ezekiel 33 6 But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
John 11 53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.
Jeremiah 40 2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place.
Acts 23 21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
Amos 6 7 Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
Psalms 102 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
Zechariah 9 11 As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
Numbers 25 5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor.
Joshua 1 10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
Obadiah 1 14 Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.
Exodus 32 27 And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
2 Kings 25 19 And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city:
Revelation 9 5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
Esther 9 14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
Joshua 21 44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
1 Kings 20 18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive.
Matthew 28 12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,
Deuteronomy 20 8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.