Exodus 20:13
You shall not murder.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Exodus 20
2 songs meet this passage
“I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die”
Folsom Prison Blues · Johnny Cash
strains against Exodus 20:13
The casual cruelty of the act stands against the command against murder, and the narrator himself seems haunted by this contrast.
“Mama, just killed a man”
Bohemian Rhapsody · Queen
strains against Exodus 20:13
The narrator's confession names the very act Scripture forbids, and the song doesn't excuse it, it lets the weight of it sit.
Elsewhere in Exodus 20
- Exodus 20:3Bad Blood · Lose Control · Sailor Song · Your Idol · Personal Jesus · My Sweet Lord · Lover Girl
- Exodus 20:3-5Take Me to Church · Ordinary · Like a Prayer
- Exodus 20:4-5God is a woman
- Exodus 20:5Numb · Apple · Red Flag
- Exodus 20:7SICKO MODE
- Exodus 20:12Madonna · Pink Pony Club · Dear Mama (Remix Version) [feat. Anthony Hamilton] · Dark Queen
- Exodus 20:15I Ain't Worried · One Piece at a Time · Syrup
- Exodus 20:15-16Humble and Kind
- Exodus 20:17Si Antes Te Hubiera Conocido