Psalm 94:21

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Summary

Psalm 94:21

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Gather

Condemn

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Bible References

Gather

Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?

For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;

Condemn

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou killed and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.

Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.

Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;

Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous one ; he doth not resist you.

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with a great wonder.

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that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

And moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

if so be that it is righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,