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While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
— Ezekiel 9:8
Jesus was teaching at the temple every day, but the chief priests, scribes, and leaders of the people were intent on killing Him.
— Luke 19:47
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.
— John 8:40
You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
— Acts 3:15
And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
— 2 Corinthians 3:6
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
— 1 Thessalonians 2:15
The worst killing is that which kills the joy we get from life.
— Paulo Coelho
Lust is a poor, weak, whimpering, whispering thing compared with that richness and energy of desire which will arise when lust has been killed.
— CS Lewis
Killing sin is the work of the Holy Spirit. By Him alone is it to be done and by no other power will it ever be done." Trying to kill sin and behave morally through personal strength and efforts using personal tools and techniques is the foundation of all the false religion in the world.
— John Owen
Do you mortify; do you make it your daily work; be always at it whilst you live; cease not a day from this work; be killing sin, or it will be killing you. Your being dead with Christ virtually, your being quickened with him, will not excuse you from this work.
— John Owen
Affirmative precepts are distinguished from negative whenever one is not comprised in the other; thus, that of honoring parents does not comprise that of not killing, and vice versa.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
By destroying habitats we force animals into closer contact with people, thus creating situations for pathogens to form new human diseases... animals are hunted, killed, and eaten. They or their body parts are trafficked--along with their pathogens--around the world.
— Jane Goodall