Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.

Bible References

They

Jonah 1:5
And the mariners were afraid, and each cried out to his god. And they threw the {contents} that were in the merchant ship into the sea to lighten it for them. And [meanwhile] Jonah went down into the hold of the vessel and lay down and fell asleep.
Psalm 107:28
Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distresses.
Isaiah 26:16
Yahweh, in distress they have visited you; they poured out an {incantation}; your discipline [was] on them.

Let

Genesis 9:6
"[As for] the one shedding the blood of humankind, by humankind his blood shall be shed, for God made humankind in his own image.
Deuteronomy 21:8
Forgive your people, Israel, whom you redeemed, Yahweh, and [do] not {allow} the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of your people Israel, and let them be forgiven [with regard to] blood.'
Acts 28:4
And when the local people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, "Doubtless this man is a murderer whom, [although he] was rescued from the sea, Justice has not permitted to live!"

For

Psalm 115:3
But our God [is] in the heavens; all that he desires, he does.
Psalm 135:6
All that Yahweh desires, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all [the] depths.
Daniel 4:34
"But at the end of {that period}, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and [then] my reason returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and {the one who lives forever} I praised and I honored. "For his sovereignty [is] [an] everlasting sovereignty, and his kingdom [continues] from generation to generation.
Matthew 11:26
Yes, Father, for [to do] so {was your gracious will}.
Ephesians 1:9
making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he purposed in him,

General references

Deuteronomy 19:10
[Do this] so that innocent blood will not be shed in the midst of your land that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you [as an] inheritance and [thereby] bloodguilt would be on you.
Psalm 106:30
Then Phinehas stood up and intervened, and [so] the plague was stopped,
Psalm 107:28
Then they cried out to Yahweh in their trouble, and he brought them out of their distresses.