Psalm 94:21

A Prayer For Retribution Against Oppressors

²⁰ Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You, which frames mischief by a law? ²¹ They gather themselves against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. ²² But Jehovah is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge.

Innocent Blood

Righteous Man

Righteous One

No

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, even both of them are hateful to Jehovah.

Exodus 23:7

Keep far from a false matter, and do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.

Psalm 59:3

For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

Matthew 27:1

And it becoming early morning, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put Him to death.

1 Kings 21:19

And you shall speak to him, saying, So says Jehovah, Have you killed and also taken possession? And you shall speak to him saying, So says Jehovah, In the place where the dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick your blood, even yours.

Psalm 2:1-3

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

Psalm 22:16

and You have brought Me into the dust of death. For dogs have circled around Me; the band of spoilers have hemmed Me in, piercers of My hands and My feet.

Psalm 56:6

They stir up strife; they hide themselves; they watch my steps as they wait for my soul.

Psalm 106:38

and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was defiled with blood.

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood, we will watch secretly for the innocent without cause;

Proverbs 1:16

for their feet run to evil and make haste to shed blood.

Jeremiah 26:15

But know for certain that if you put me to death you shall surely bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on its people. For truly Jehovah has sent me to you to speak all these Words in your ears.

Ezekiel 22:6

Behold, the rulers of Israel, each man by his might, have been in you in order to shed blood.

Ezekiel 22:12

In you they have taken bribes to shed blood. You have taken usury and increase, and you gained by extortion of your neighbors, and you have forgotten Me, says the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her rulers in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, to get unjust gain.

Matthew 23:32-36

and you fill up the measure of your fathers.

Matthew 27:4

saying, I have sinned, betraying innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? You see to that.

Acts 4:5-7

And it happened on the next day that their rulers and elders and scribes, gathered to Jerusalem,

Acts 4:27-28

For truly, against Your holy child Jesus, whom You have anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and the people of Israel, were gathered together

Acts 7:52

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now been the betrayers and murderers;

Acts 7:58-60

And throwing him outside the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid their clothes down at the feet of a young man named Saul.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered 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 martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with a great marveling.