21 Bible Verses about Responsibility For Blood Shed

so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.

For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative.

"When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

When I say to the wicked, "You will certainly die," and you do not warn him -- you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked deed and wicked lifestyle so that he may live -- that wicked person will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

"Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God's image God has made humankind."

(Nun) They wander blindly through the streets, defiled by the blood they shed, while no one dares to touch their garments.

The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

"As for you, son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment, are you willing to pronounce judgment on the bloody city? Then confront her with all her abominable deeds!

"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed! I will also make the pile high.

Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed! She is full of lies; she is filled with plunder; she has hoarded her spoil!

saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!"

The chief priests took the silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money."

In reply all the people said, "Let his blood be on us and on our children!"

When they opposed him and reviled him, he protested by shaking out his clothes and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!"

You will destroy the family of your master Ahab. I will get revenge against Jezebel for the shed blood of my servants the prophets and for the shed blood of all the Lord's servants.

Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations!

They cried out with a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?"

because his judgments are true and just. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and has avenged the blood of his servants poured out by her own hands!"

When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, "I am innocent of this man's blood. You take care of it yourselves!"

Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all.