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
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel that it may go well with thee.
Deuteronomy 21:8
Reconcile thy people Israel, whom thou hast ransomed, O LORD, and impute not the innocent blood shed in the midst of thy people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them.
1 Kings 2:31
And the king said unto him, Do as he has said and fall upon him and bury him that thou may take away from me and from the house of my father the blood which Joab shed without a cause.
2 Kings 21:16
Moreover, Manasseh shed innocent blood very much until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another besides his sin with which he made Judah sin so that they would do that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 Kings 24:4
and also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon.
Psalm 94:21
They gather themselves together as an army against the life of the righteous and condemn the innocent blood.
Proverbs 6:17
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Isaiah 59:7
Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood; their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are their paths.
Jeremiah 7:6
if ye do not oppress the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt,
Joel 3:19
Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the sons of Judah because they have shed innocent blood in their land.
Jonah 1:14
And they cried unto the LORD and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for the soul of this man, and do not lay upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.
Matthew 27:4
saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? Thou shalt see to it.