38 Bible Verses about Blood

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Revelation 16:4

The third poured out his bowl upon the rivers and fountains of water, and they turned blood.

1 Corinthians 11:27

Hence anyone who eats the loaf or drinks the cup of the Lord carelessly, will have to answer for a sin against the body and the blood of the Lord.

Acts 15:29

abstain from food that has been offered to idols, from tasting blood, from the flesh of animals that have been strangled, and from sexual vice. Keep clear of all this and you will prosper. Goodbye."

Matthew 9:20

Now a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel of his robe;

Revelation 16:3

The second poured out his bowl upon the sea; it turned blood like the blood of a corpse, and every living thing within the sea perished.

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Blood » Innocent, allusions to the shedding of

Blood » Jesus Christ’s blood

Matthew 26:26-28

As they were eating he took a loaf and after the blessing he broke it; then he gave it to the disciples saying, "Take and eat this, it means my body." He also took a cup and after thanking God he gave it to them saying, "Drink of it, all of you; this means my blood, the new covenant-blood, shed for many, to win the remission of their sins.

Mark 14:22-24

And as they were eating he took a loaf, and after the blessing he broke and gave it to them, saying, "Take this, it means my body." He also took a cup and after thanking God he gave it to them, and they all drank of it; he said to them, "This means my covenant-blood which is shed for many;

Luke 22:19-22

Then he took a loaf, and after thanking God he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This means my body given up for your sake; do this in memory of me." So too he gave them the cup after supper, saying, "This cup means the new covenant ratified by my blood shed for your sake. But the hand of my betrayer is on the table beside me! read more.
The Son of man moves to his end indeed as it has been decreed, but woe to the man by whom he is betrayed!"

Blood » Sprinkled

More verses: Hebrews 11:28 1 Peter 1:2

Blood » Forbidden to be used as food

Blood » Forbidden to be eaten

Acts 15:20

but write them injunctions to abstain from whatever is contaminated by idols, from sexual vice, from the flesh of animals that have been strangled, and from tasting blood;

More verses: 1 Samuel 14:34

Blood » Of sacrifices, typical of the blood of Christ » Applied to persons

Blood » Upon men

Luke 11:50

it was that the blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world might be charged upon this generation,

Acts 5:28

"We strictly forbade you to teach about this Name, did we not? And here you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine! You want to make us responsible for this man's death!"

Blood » Of animals » Poured on » Earth

Blood » Eating of, forbidden to » israelites » Under the law

Blood » Is the life

Matthew 27:24

Now when Pilate saw that instead of him doing any good a riot was rising, he took some water and washed his hands in presence of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this good man's blood. It is your affair!"

Matthew 27:4

saying, "I did wrong in betraying innocent blood." "What does that matter to us?" they said, "it is your affair, not ours!"

Blood » The life » Of animals

Blood » Illustrative » (on one's own head,) of guilt

Blood » Sacrificial » Of burnt offering » Sprinkled all around, and upon the altar

More verses: Deuteronomy 12:27

Blood » Sacrificial » Of sin offering » Altar » Horns

Blood » Not consuming blood

Blood » Those that drink the blood of jesus Christ

John 6:53-56

So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life within you. He who feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood possesses eternal life (and I will raise him up on the last day), for my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. read more.
He who feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood remains within me, as I remain within him.

1 Corinthians 11:25-26

In the same way he took the cup after supper, saying, 'This cup means the new covenant ratified by my blood; as often as you drink it, do it in memory of me.' For as often as you eat this loaf and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

Blood » Illustrative » (given to drink,) of severe judgments

Revelation 16:6

They poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink! They deserve it!"

Blood » What blood is

Blood » Of sacrifices, typical of the blood of Christ » Atoning

Blood » Of legal sacrifices » For purification

Hebrews 9:13

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkled on defiled persons, give them a holiness that bears on bodily purity,

Hebrews 9:19-22

for after Moses had announced every command in the Law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, together with water, scarlet wool and hyssop, sprinkling the book and all the people, and saying, This is the blood of that covenant which is God's command for you. He even sprinkled with blood the tent and all the utensils of worship in the same way. read more.
In fact, one might almost say that by Law everything is cleansed with blood. No blood shed, no remission of sins!

Blood » Of legal sacrifices » For atonement

Blood » Shedding of human » Jews often guilty of

Blood » Figurative » Of guilt

Blood » Plague of

Blood » Of legal sacrifices » How disposed of

Blood » Sacrificial » Of atonement » Sprinkled on the mercy seat

Blood » Of legal sacrifices » Not offered with leaven

Blood » Beasts of prey delight in

Blood » Sacrificial » Blood of the ram of consecration put on the tip of right ear, thumb, and big toe of, and sprinkled upon, aaron and his sons

Blood » Illustrative » (washing the feet in,) of victories

Blood » Sacrificial » Sprinkled on altar and people

Blood » Water turned into, as a sign

Blood » Red

Blood » Eating of, forbidden to » The early Christians

Acts 15:20

but write them injunctions to abstain from whatever is contaminated by idols, from sexual vice, from the flesh of animals that have been strangled, and from tasting blood;

Acts 15:29

abstain from food that has been offered to idols, from tasting blood, from the flesh of animals that have been strangled, and from sexual vice. Keep clear of all this and you will prosper. Goodbye."

Blood » Those that drink the blood of jesus Christ unworthily

1 Corinthians 11:27-29

Hence anyone who eats the loaf or drinks the cup of the Lord carelessly, will have to answer for a sin against the body and the blood of the Lord. Let a man test himself; then he can eat from the loaf and drink from the cup. For he who eats and drinks without a proper sense of the Body, eats and drinks to his own condemnation.

Blood » Sacrificial » Used for cleansing of leprosy

Blood » Sacrificial » Sprinkled on door posts

Hebrews 11:28

It was by faith that he celebrated the passover and performed the sprinkling by blood, so that the destroying angel might not touch Israel's first-born.

Blood » Shedding of human » Mode of clearing those accused of

Blood » Figurative » Of judgments

Revelation 16:6

They poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink! They deserve it!"

Blood » Sacrificial » Of the bullock of sin offering, put on the horns of the altar

Blood » Sacrificial » Poured at the bottom of the altar

Blood » Sacrificial » Of peace offering » Sprinkled about the altar

Blood » The jews often guilty of eating

Blood » Fluid

Blood » Shedding of human » Hateful to God

Blood » Of sacrifices, typical of the blood of Christ » Liberating

Blood » Waters of egypt turned into, as a judgment

Blood » Illustrative » (building with,) of oppression and cruelty

Blood » Of sacrifices, typical of the blood of Christ » Sheltering

Blood » Of sacrifices, typical of the blood of Christ » Cleansing

Blood » Of legal sacrifices » Ineffectual to remove sin

Blood » Shedding of human » Defiling to the land

Blood » Illustrative » (preparing to,) of ripening for destruction

Blood » The price of, not to be consecrated

Matthew 27:6

The high priests took the money and said, "It would be wrong to put this into the treasury, for it is the price of blood."

Blood » Of sacrifices, typical of the blood of Christ » Securing pardon

Hebrews 9:7

but the second tent is entered only once a year by the high priest alone ??and it must not be without blood, which he presents on behalf of himself and the errors of the People.

Blood » Eating of, forbidden to » Man after the flood

Blood » Shedding of human » Defiling to the person

Blood » Shedding of human » Always punished

Blood » Shedding of human » Forbidden

Blood » Sacrificial » Of sin offering » Sprinkled seven times before the curtain

Blood » Of sacrifices, typical of the atoning blood of Christ

Hebrews 9:6-28

Such were the arrangements for worship. The priests constantly enter the first tent, in the discharge of their ritual duties, but the second tent is entered only once a year by the high priest alone ??and it must not be without blood, which he presents on behalf of himself and the errors of the People. By this the holy Spirit means that the way into the Holiest Presence was not disclosed so long as the first tent read more.
(which foreshadowed the present age) was still standing, with its offerings of gifts and sacrifices which cannot possibly make the conscience of the worshipper perfect, since they relate merely to food and drink and a variety of ablutions ??outward regulations for the body, that only hold till the period of the New Order. But when Christ arrived as the high priest of the bliss that was to be, he passed through the greater and more perfect tent which no hands had made (no part, that is to say, of the present order), not taking any blood of goats and oxen but his own blood, and entered once for all into the Holy place. He secured an eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkled on defiled persons, give them a holiness that bears on bodily purity, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who in the spirit of the eternal offered himself as an unblemished sacrifice to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve a living God? He mediates a new covenant for this reason, that those who have been called may obtain the eternal inheritance they have been promised, now that a death has occurred which redeems them from the transgressions involved in the first covenant. Thus, in the case of a will, the death of the testator must be announced. A will only holds in cases of death; it is never valid so long as the testator is alive. Hence even the first covenant of God's will was not inaugurated apart from blood; for after Moses had announced every command in the Law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, together with water, scarlet wool and hyssop, sprinkling the book and all the people, and saying, This is the blood of that covenant which is God's command for you. He even sprinkled with blood the tent and all the utensils of worship in the same way. In fact, one might almost say that by Law everything is cleansed with blood. No blood shed, no remission of sins! Now, while the copies of the heavenly things had to be cleansed with sacrifices like these, the heavenly things themselves required nobler sacrifices. For Christ has not entered a holy place which human hands have made (a mere type of the reality!); he has entered heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, like the high priest entering the holy place every year with blood that was not his own: ??26 for in that case he would have had to suffer repeatedly, ever since the world was founded. Nay, once for all, at the end of the world, he has appeared with his self-sacrifice to abolish sin. And just as it is appointed for men to die once and after that to be judged, so Christ, after being once sacrificed to bear the sins of many, will appear again, not to deal with sin but for the saving of those who look out for him.

Blood » Idolaters made drink-offerings of

Blood » Of all men the same

Blood » Birds of prey delight in

Blood » Sacrificial » Without shedding of, no remission

Blood » Figurative » Of oppression and cruelty

Blood » Figurative » Of destruction

Blood » Figurative » Of victories

Blood » Sacrificial » Of trespass offering » Sprinkled on the altar

Plague » The plague of » Blood

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Blood Of Christ, Basis Of

Ephesians 2:13-16

Whereas now, within Christ Jesus, you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Blood, as basis of life

Matthew 27:3-4

Then Judas his betrayer saw he was condemned, and repented; he brought back the thirty silver pieces to the high priests and elders,

Blood, of Jesus Christ

John 19:33-34

but when they came to Jesus and saw he was dead already, they did not break his legs;

Field Of Blood

Acts 1:18-19

With the money paid him for his crime he purchased an estate; but swelling up he burst in two, and all his bowels poured out ??19 a fact which became known to all the residents in Jerusalem, so that the estate got the name, in their language, of Akeldamach or The Ground of Blood.

Human Blood Shed

Revelation 18:24

And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, of all who were slain upon earth."

Innocent Blood

Matthew 27:4

saying, "I did wrong in betraying innocent blood." "What does that matter to us?" they said, "it is your affair, not ours!"

Responsibility For Blood Shed

Matthew 23:35

it is that on you may fall the punishment for all the just blood shed on earth from the blood of Abel the just down to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

Sprinkling Blood

Hebrews 9:13

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkled on defiled persons, give them a holiness that bears on bodily purity,

Turned To Blood

Revelation 8:8

The second angel blew, and what looked like a huge mountain on fire was hurled into the sea; a third of the sea turned blood,

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