Matthew 27:4

“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said.

“What’s that to us?” they said. “See to it yourself!”

Genesis 42:21-22

Then they said to each other, “Obviously, we are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his deep distress when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this trouble has come to us.”

Exodus 9:27

Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron. “I have sinned this time,” he said to them. “Yahweh is the Righteous One, and I and my people are the guilty ones.

Exodus 10:16-17

Pharaoh urgently sent for Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against Yahweh your God and against you.

Exodus 12:31

He summoned Moses and Aaron during the night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites, and go, worship Yahweh as you have asked.

1 Samuel 15:24

Saul answered Samuel, “I have sinned. I have transgressed the Lord’s command and your words. Because I was afraid of the people, I obeyed them.

1 Samuel 15:30

Saul said, “I have sinned. Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me so I can bow in worship to the Lord your God.”

1 Samuel 28:16-20

Samuel answered, “Since the Lord has turned away from you and has become your enemy, why are you asking me?

1 Kings 21:27

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth over his body, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around subdued.

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.

Job 13:4

But you coat the truth with lies;
you are all worthless doctors.

Job 16:2

I have heard many things like these.
You are all miserable comforters.

Jeremiah 26:15

But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its residents, for it is certain the Lord has sent me to speak all these things directly to you.”

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 27:19

While he was sitting on the judge’s bench, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I’ve suffered terribly in a dream because of Him!”

Matthew 27:23-25

Then he said, “Why? What has He done wrong?”

But they kept shouting, “Crucify Him!” all the more.

Matthew 27:54

When the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were terrified and said, “This man really was God’s Son!”

Luke 16:25-26

“‘Son,’ Abraham said, ‘remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

Luke 23:22

A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in Him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”

Luke 23:41

We are punished justly, because we’re getting back what we deserve for the things we did, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

Luke 23:47

When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify God, saying, “This man really was righteous!”

John 19:7

“We have a law,” the Jews replied to him, “and according to that law He must die, because He made Himself the Son of God.”

Acts 13:28

Though they found no grounds for the death penalty, they asked Pilate to have Him killed.

Acts 18:15-17

But if these are questions about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I don’t want to be a judge of such things.”

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.

1 Timothy 4:2

through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.

Titus 1:16

They profess to know God, but they deny Him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified for any good work.

Hebrews 7:26

For this is the kind of high priest we need: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

1 Peter 1:19

but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.

1 John 3:12

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.

Revelation 11:10

Those who live on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send gifts to one another because these two prophets brought judgment to those who live on the earth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

The innocent

Matthew 27:19
While he was sitting on the judge’s bench, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I’ve suffered terribly in a dream because of Him!”
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.
Jeremiah 26:15
But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its residents, for it is certain the Lord has sent me to speak all these things directly to you.”
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.”
Luke 23:22
A third time he said to them, “Why? What has this man done wrong? I have found in Him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore, I will have Him whipped and then release Him.”
John 19:7
“We have a law,” the Jews replied to him, “and according to that law He must die, because He made Himself the Son of God.”
Acts 13:28
Though they found no grounds for the death penalty, they asked Pilate to have Him killed.
Hebrews 7:26
For this is the kind of high priest we need: holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
1 Peter 1:19
but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without defect or blemish.

What

Matthew 27:25
All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
Acts 18:15
But if these are questions about words, names, and your own law, see to it yourselves. I don’t want to be a judge of such things.”
1 Timothy 4:2
through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared.
Titus 1:16
They profess to know God, but they deny Him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, and disqualified for any good work.
1 John 3:12
unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil, and his brother’s were righteous.
Revelation 11:10
Those who live on the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and send gifts to one another because these two prophets brought judgment to those who live on the earth.

General references

Exodus 32:35
And the Lord inflicted a plague on the people for what they did with the calf Aaron had made.
Leviticus 22:19
must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for you to be accepted.
Deuteronomy 19:10
In this way, innocent blood will not be shed, and you will not become guilty of bloodshed in the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 27:25
‘The one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person is cursed.’
And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
Proverbs 1:18
but they set an ambush to kill themselves;
they attack their own lives.
Proverbs 28:17
A man burdened by bloodguilt
will be a fugitive until death.
Let no one help him.
Mark 6:26
Though the king was deeply distressed, because of his oaths and the guests he did not want to refuse her.
Luke 14:30
saying, ‘This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’

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