Psalm 94:21

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

²⁰ Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law? ²¹ They band together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood. ²² But Jehovah will be 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, even they both are abomination to Jehovah.

Exodus 23:7

Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.

Psalm 59:3

For behold, they lie in wait for my soul; strong ones are gathered against me: not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

Matthew 27:1

And when it was morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus so that they might 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 the dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall the dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

Psalm 2:1-3

Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and why do the peoples meditate a vain thing?

Psalm 22:16

For dogs have encompassed me; an assembly of evil-doers have surrounded me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

Psalm 56:6

They gather themselves together, they hide themselves; they mark my steps, because they wait for my soul.

Psalm 106:38

And shed innocent blood, 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 secretly 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 for certain that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely 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 have been in thee to shed blood, each according to his power.

Ezekiel 22:12

In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast overreached thy neighbours by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

Matthew 23:32-36

and ye, fill ye up the measure of your fathers.

Matthew 27:4

saying, I have sinned in having delivered up guiltless blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.

Acts 4:5-7

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

Acts 4:27-28

For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom ye have now become deliverers up and murderers!

Acts 7:58-60

and having cast him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.

James 5:6

ye have condemned, ye have killed the just; he does not resist you.

Revelation 17:6

And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And I wondered, seeing her, with great wonder.