Deuteronomy 19:10

You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.

Numbers 35:33

"You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it.

Deuteronomy 19:13

You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

Deuteronomy 21:1-9

If a homicide victim should be found lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you, and no one knows who killed him,

1 Kings 2:31

The king told him, "Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father's family the guilt of Joab's murderous, bloody deeds.

2 Kings 21:16

Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord.

2 Kings 24:4

Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them.

Psalm 94:21

They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.

Proverbs 6:17

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Isaiah 59:7

They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.

Jeremiah 7:6-7

Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.

Joel 3:19

Egypt will be desolate and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, because of the violence they did to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.

Jonah 1:14

So they cried out to the Lord, "Oh, please, Lord, don't let us die on account of this man! Don't hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood. After all, you, Lord, have done just as you pleased."

Matthew 27:4-5

saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!"

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

Bible References

General references

Deuteronomy 19:13
You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
Deuteronomy 21:8
Do not blame your people Israel whom you redeemed, O Lord, and do not hold them accountable for the bloodshed of an innocent person." Then atonement will be made for the bloodshed.
1 Kings 2:31
The king told him, "Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father's family the guilt of Joab's murderous, bloody deeds.
2 Kings 21:16
Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
2 Kings 24:4
Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them.
Psalm 94:21
They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.
Proverbs 6:17
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Isaiah 59:7
They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.
Jeremiah 7:6
Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin.
Joel 3:19
Egypt will be desolate and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, because of the violence they did to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
Jonah 1:14
So they cried out to the Lord, "Oh, please, Lord, don't let us die on account of this man! Don't hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood. After all, you, Lord, have done just as you pleased."
Matthew 27:4
saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!"

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