Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 16, 2025
"You shall die," I said, "but you shall die not by revenge but by the law; and not by your own law, but by that which, forbidding that torture shall add to the sting of death, commands that 'Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. Yet I cannot give you a soldier's death," as my men levelled their weapons.
Has the murderer fled? With what eagerness do we pursue! with what zeal apprehend! with what joy do we bring him to justice! Even the dreadful sentence of death does not shock us, when pronounced upon him. We hear it with solemn satisfaction; and acknowledge the justice of the Divine sentence, 'Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed.
Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
"Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord," murmured Cicely in a gentle voice. "The Lord also said that whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed. Why, I've heard this Maldon quote it to your husband at Cranwell Towers." "So will it be, Emlyn, if so it is to be, only let others shed that cruel blood.
But more; at the hand of every man will He require it. And how? The text tells us, "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made He man."
Lo! this lather, is't not the pride of Shiraz? and the polish and smoothness it sheddeth, is't not roseate? my invention! as the poet says, O accursed flea! now the knee-joint, now the knee-cap, and 'tis but a hop for thee to the arm-pit. Fires of the pit without bottom seize thee! is no place sacred from thee, and art thou a restless soul, infernal flea?
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God made He man." Now, to understand this covenant, consider what thoughts would have been likely to grow up in the mind of Noah's children after the flood.
Q. What utterances did Christ refer to in the words, "It was said of old"? A. The utterances of Noah, Moses, and the other prophets, in which they admit the right of doing bodily harm to those who inflict harm, so as to punish and prevent evil deeds. Q. Quote such utterances. A. "Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed." GEN. ix. 6.
Dost remember him, I say that he died the death of a murderer, according to the Scripture, 'he that sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. Justice shall be satisfied! Not that I seek to confound you without a hearing. But here comes one, once a retainer of your own, who can point out where the lady is."
Consider the utterances of the Lord your God which are in your possession and those that have been sent down from the heaven of His will and power,” they cavil at Thee, and turn their backs to Thee, though—as Thou art aware—each of the words that have gone out of the mouth of Thy will sheddeth the fragrance of the breaths of Thy mercy.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking