Psalm 94:21

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

²⁰ Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute? ²¹ They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood. ²² But Jehovah hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge.

Innocent Blood

Righteous Man

Righteous One

No

Proverbs 17:15

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

Exodus 23:7

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

Psalm 59:3

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.

Matthew 27:1

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

1 Kings 21:19

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.

Psalm 2:1-3

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

Psalm 22:16

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

Psalm 56:6

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

Psalm 106:38

And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.

Proverbs 1:11

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

Proverbs 1:16

For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

Jeremiah 26:15

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.

Ezekiel 22:6

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

Ezekiel 22:12

In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.

Matthew 23:32-36

Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

Matthew 27:4

saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to it .

Acts 4:5-7

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

Acts 4:27-28

for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,

Acts 7:52

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;

Acts 7:58-60

and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

James 5:6

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

Revelation 17:6

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.