So now you are cursed, alienated, from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood you have shed.

Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered just as God had commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in.

Whoever sheds man’s blood,
his blood will be shed by man,
for God made man in His image.

Lot went out to them at the entrance and shut the door behind him.

But the angels reached out, brought Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

Reuben also said to them, “Don’t shed blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but don’t lay a hand on him”—intending to rescue him from their hands and return him to his father.

The archers attacked him,
shot at him, and were hostile toward him.

No hand may touch him; instead he will be stoned or shot with arrows. No animal or man will live. When the ram’s horn sounds a long blast, they may go up the mountain.”

instead of bringing it to the entrance to the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord before His tabernacle—that person will be considered guilty. He has shed blood and must be cut off from his people.

If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat one another.

You are not to cheat one another, but fear your God, for I am Yahweh your God.

“Do not defile the land where you are, for bloodshed defiles the land, and there can be no atonement for the land because of the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the person who shed it.

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.

They will declare, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood; our eyes did not see it.

The men pursued them along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they left to pursue them, the gate was shut.

When there is a prolonged blast of the horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the city wall will collapse, and the people will advance, each man straight ahead.”

But Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not shout or let your voice be heard. Don’t let one word come out of your mouth until the time I say, ‘Shout!’ Then you are to shout.”

After the seventh time, the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua said to the people, “Shout! For the Lord has given you the city.

So the people shouted, and the trumpets sounded. When they heard the blast of the trumpet, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. The people advanced into the city, each man straight ahead, and they captured the city.

When Gideon’s men blew their 300 trumpets, the Lord set the swords of each man in the army against each other. They fled to Beth-shittah in the direction of Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.

The bramble said to the trees,
“If you really are anointing me
as king over you,
come and find refuge in my shade.
But if not,
may fire come out from the bramble
and consume the cedars of Lebanon.”

They told him, “Be quiet. Keep your mouth shut. Come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or for you to be a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”

When the ark of the covenant of the Lord entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a loud shout that the ground shook.

The Philistines heard the sound of the war cry and asked, “What’s this loud shout in the Hebrews’ camp?” When the Philistines discovered that the ark of the Lord had entered the camp,

I will shoot three arrows beside it as if I’m aiming at a target.

He said to the young man, “Run and find the arrows I’m shooting.” As the young man ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.

He came to the location of the arrow that Jonathan had shot, but Jonathan called to him and said, “The arrow is beyond you, isn’t it?”

if the king’s anger gets stirred up and he asks you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you realize they would shoot from the top of the wall?

However, the archers shot down on your soldiers from the top of the wall, and some of the king’s soldiers died. Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”

During David’s reign there was a famine for three successive years, so David inquired of the Lord. The Lord answered, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family when he killed the Gibeonites.”

He shot arrows and scattered them;
He hurled lightning bolts and routed them.

“You also know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me and what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s army, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He murdered them in a time of peace to avenge blood shed in war. He spilled that blood on his own waistband and on the sandals of his feet.

The king said to him, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and bury him in order to remove from me and from my father’s house the blood that Joab shed without just cause.

When the skies are shut and there is no rain,
because they have sinned against You,
and they pray toward this place
and praise Your name,
and they turn from their sins
because You are afflicting them,

At noon Elijah mocked them. He said, “Shout loudly, for he’s a god! Maybe he’s thinking it over; maybe he has wandered away; or maybe he’s on the road. Perhaps he’s sleeping and will wake up!”

Then go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour oil into all these containers. Set the full ones to one side.”

So she left.

After she had shut the door behind her and her sons, they kept bringing her containers, and she kept pouring.

Then she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, shut him in, and left.

Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. The king sent a man ahead of him, but before the messenger got to him, Elisha said to the elders, “Do you see how this murderer has sent someone to cut off my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door to keep him out. Isn’t the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”

You are to strike down the house of your master Ahab so that I may avenge the blood shed by the hand of Jezebel—the blood of My servants the prophets and of all the servants of the Lord.

Then Jehu drew his bow and shot Joram between the shoulders. The arrow went through his heart, and he slumped down in his chariot.

When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what was happening, he fled up the road toward Beth-haggan. Jehu pursued him, shouting, “Shoot him too!” So they shot him in his chariot at Gur Pass near Ibleam, but he fled to Megiddo and died there.

Elisha said, “Open the east window.” So he opened it. Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. Then Elisha said, “The Lord’s arrow of victory, yes, the arrow of victory over Aram. You are to strike down the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

Therefore, this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:
He will not enter this city
or shoot an arrow there
or come before it with a shield
or build up an assault ramp against it.

Isaiah said, “This is the sign to you from the Lord that He will do what He has promised: Should the shadow go ahead 10 steps or go back 10 steps?”

Then Hezekiah answered, “It’s easy for the shadow to lengthen 10 steps. No, let the shadow go back 10 steps.”

So Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and He brought the shadow back the 10 steps it had descended on Ahaz’s stairway.

Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem with it from one end to another. This was in addition to his sin that he caused Judah to commit. Consequently, they did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.

and also because of all the innocent blood he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not forgive.

They were archers who could use either the right or left hand, both to sling stones and shoot arrows from a bow. They were Saul’s relatives from Benjamin:

Then the trees of the forest will shout for joy before the Lord,
for He is coming to judge the earth.

but the word of the Lord came to me: ‘You have shed much blood and waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My name because you have shed so much blood on the ground before Me.

but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’

For we live before You as foreigners and temporary residents in Your presence as were all our ancestors. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.

When the skies are shut and there is no rain
because they have sinned against You,
and they pray toward this place
and praise Your name,
and they turn from their sins
because You are afflicting them,

When the Arameans saw that Joash had many wounds, they left him. His servants conspired against him, and killed him on his bed, because he had shed the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.

He made skillfully designed devices in Jerusalem to shoot arrows and catapult large stones for use on the towers and on the corners. So his fame spread even to distant places, for he was marvelously helped until he became strong.

Then Ahaz gathered up the utensils of God’s temple, cut them into pieces, shut the doors of the Lord’s temple, and made himself altars on every street corner in Jerusalem.

The archers shot King Josiah, and he said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am severely wounded!”

They sang with praise and thanksgiving to the Lord: “For He is good; His faithful love to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord because the foundation of the Lord’s house had been laid.

I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was restricted to his house. He said:

Let us meet at the house of God
inside the temple.
Let us shut the temple doors
because they are coming to kill you.
They are coming to kill you tonight!

I said to them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot, and let the doors be shut and securely fastened while the guards are on duty. Station the citizens of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their homes.”

Yes, may that night be barren;
may no joyful shout be heard in it.

For that night did not shut
the doors of my mother’s womb,
and hide sorrow from my eyes.

Like a slave he longs for shade;
like a hired man he waits for his pay.

since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.
Our days on earth are but a shadow.

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with a shout of joy.

If only you would shut up
and let that be your wisdom!

He blossoms like a flower, then withers;
he flees like a shadow and does not last.

My face has grown red with weeping,
and darkness covers my eyes,

My eyes have grown dim from grief,
and my whole body has become but a shadow.

For the morning is like darkness to them.
Surely they are familiar with the terrors of darkness!

He will pray to God, and God will delight in him.
That man will see His face with a shout of joy,
and God will restore his righteousness to him.

People cry out because of severe oppression;
they shout for help because of the arm of the mighty.

Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
Have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

Lotus plants cover him with their shade;
the willows by the brook surround him.

Flaming torches shoot from his mouth;
fiery sparks fly out!

But let all who take refuge in You rejoice;
let them shout for joy forever.
May You shelter them,
and may those who love Your name boast about You.

For look, the wicked string the bow;
they put the arrow on the bowstring
to shoot from the shadows at the upright in heart.

Protect me as the pupil of Your eye;
hide me in the shadow of Your wings

He shot His arrows and scattered them;
He hurled lightning bolts and routed them.

Let us shout for joy at your victory
and lift the banner in the name of our God.
May Yahweh fulfill all your requests.

Be glad in the Lord and rejoice,
you righteous ones;
shout for joy,
all you upright in heart.

Sing a new song to Him;
play skillfully on the strings, with a joyful shout.

Let those who want my vindication
shout for joy and be glad;
let them continually say,
“The Lord be exalted.
He takes pleasure in His servant’s well-being.”

God, Your faithful love is so valuable
that people take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

“Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.

By this I know that You delight in me:
my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.

For the choir director. A psalm of the sons of Korah.Clap your hands, all you peoples;
shout to God with a jubilant cry.

For the choir director: “Do Not Destroy.” A Davidic Miktam. When he fled before Saul into the cave.Be gracious to me, God, be gracious to me,
for I take refuge in You.
I will seek refuge in the shadow of Your wings
until danger passes.

Moab is My washbasin.
I throw My sandal on Edom;
I shout in triumph over Philistia.”

because You are my helper;
I will rejoice in the shadow of Your wings.

But the king will rejoice in God;
all who swear by Him will boast,
for the mouths of liars will be shut.

shooting from concealed places at the innocent.
They shoot at him suddenly and are not afraid.

But God will shoot them with arrows;
suddenly, they will be wounded.

Those who live far away are awed by Your signs;
You make east and west shout for joy.

The pastures are clothed with flocks
and the valleys covered with grain.
They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.

For the choir director. A song. A psalm.Shout joyfully to God, all the earth!

Let the nations rejoice and shout for joy,
for You judge the peoples with fairness
and lead the nations on earth.Selah

My lips will shout for joy
when I sing praise to You
because You have redeemed me.