Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
Him
Blood
Bible References
Him
Genesis 4:11
And now cursed are thou from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
Joshua 6:26
And Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before LORD who rises up and builds this city Jericho. With the loss of his first-born he shall lay the foundation of it, and with the loss of his younges
1 Kings 16:34
In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho. He laid the foundation of it with the loss of Abiram his first-born, and set up the gates of it with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of LORD, which he spok
Jeremiah 22:13
Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice, who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and gives him not his hire,
Ezekiel 24:9
Therefore thus says lord LORD: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
Daniel 4:27
Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquility.
Micah 3:10
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Nahum 3:1
Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and rapine. The prey departs not.
John 11:47
Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What are we doing? Because this man does many signs.
Revelation 17:6
And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the sanctified, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And having seen her, I wondered with great amazement.
Blood
Habakkuk 2:8
Because thou have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell therein.