13 Bible Verses about Killing The Innocent

It is because of the sins of her prophets and the evil doing of her priests. They have drained the blood of the upright out from her.

Prepare chains for the land is full of bloodshed and the city full of violence.

I am Jehovah of Hosts (All Powerful)! Israel is the vineyard, and Judah is the garden I tended with care. I had hoped for honesty and for justice, but dishonesty and cries for mercy were all I found.

Your people tell lies about others in order to have them put to death. They eat sacrifices offered to idols. They always satisfy their lusts.

Some of your people murder for pay. Some charge interest on the loans they make to other Israelites and get rich by taking advantage of them. They have forgotten me. The Lord Jehovah has spoken.

You have condemned, and you have killed the righteous one. He does not resist you.

Your eyes and your heart are intent only upon your own dishonest gain. You are shedding innocent blood and on practicing oppression and extortion.

This is because they have forsaken me. They have made this an alien place and have burned sacrifices in it to other gods. These are gods that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the blameless (innocent).'

Egypt will be desolation, and Edom will be a desolate wilderness. This is because of the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

Even more, Manasseh killed many innocent men. He filled Jerusalem from one end to the other with blood. He also caused Judah to sin and do evil in the eyes of Jehovah.

This happened to Judah because Jehovah commanded it to happen. He wanted to remove the people of Judah from his sight because of Manasseh's sins and everything he had done, and especially because of all the innocent people he killed. Jehovah would not forgive Manasseh for that.

We are being killed all day long because of you. We are thought of as sheep to be slaughtered.

It is written: For your sake we are put to death all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter. (Psalm 44:22)