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 look on him with pity but purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, and you will prosper.
Deuteronomy 21:8
Lord, forgive Your people Israel You redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.’ Then they will be absolved of responsibility for bloodshed.
1 Kings 2:31
The king said to him, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him in order to remove from me and from my father’s house the blood that Joab shed without just cause.
2 Kings 21:16
Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem with it from one end to another. This was in addition to his sin that he caused Judah to commit. Consequently, they did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.
2 Kings 24:4
and also because of all the innocent blood he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not forgive.
Psalm 94:21 They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.
and condemn the innocent to death.
Proverbs 6:17 arrogant eyes, a lying tongue,
hands that shed innocent blood,
hands that shed innocent blood,
Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run after evil,
and they rush to shed innocent blood.
Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;
ruin and wretchedness are in their paths.
and they rush to shed innocent blood.
Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;
ruin and wretchedness are in their paths.
Jeremiah 7:6
if you no longer oppress the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,
Joel 3:19 Egypt will become desolate,
and Edom a desert wasteland,
because of the violence done to the people of Judah
in whose land they shed innocent blood.
and Edom a desert wasteland,
because of the violence done to the people of Judah
in whose land they shed innocent blood.
Jonah 1:14
So they called out to the Lord: “Please, Yahweh, don’t let us perish because of this man’s life, and don’t charge us with innocent blood! For You, Yahweh, have done just as You pleased.”
Matthew 27:4
“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.
“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”
“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”