Proverbs 28:17 (BSB)

A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.

From Proverbs 28. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 28:17

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 28:17: This agrees with that ancient law, Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed (Gen 9:6), and proclaims, 1. The doom of the shedder of blood. He that has committed murder, though he flees for his life, shall be continually haunted with terrors, shall himself flee to the pit, betray himself, and torment himself, like Cain, who, when he had killed his...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 28:17: A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person,.... That sheds the blood of any in a violent manner; that lays violent hands upon a club, and takes away his life, contrary to the law in Gen 9:6.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 28:17: doeth violence . . . blood, &c.--or, that is oppressed by the blood of life (Gen 9:6), which he has taken. to the pit--the grave or destruction (Pro 1:12; Job 33:18-24; Psa 143:7). stay him--sustain or deliver him.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 28:17: A man that doeth violence to the blood of [any] person shall flee to the pit; let no man sustain him. (i) No one will be able to deliver him.