Isaiah 59:7
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7 Their feet run to evil,
and they rush to shed innocent blood;
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
desolation and destruction are in their highways.(A)
Romans 3:15-17
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15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood;(A)
16 ruin and misery are in their paths,
17 and the way of peace they have not known.”
Proverbs 6:17
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17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
and hands that shed innocent blood,(A)
Mark 7:21-22
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21 For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, folly.
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Proverbs 1:16
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16 for their feet run to evil,
and they hurry to shed blood.(A)
Revelation 17:6
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6 And I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the witnesses to Jesus.
When I saw her, I was greatly amazed.(A)
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Acts 8:20-22
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20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain God’s gift with money!(A) 21 You have no part or share in this, for your heart is not right before God.(B) 22 Repent therefore of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you.
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Ezekiel 22:6
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6 The princes of Israel in you, everyone according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood.(A)
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Ezekiel 9:9
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9 He said to me, “The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city full of perversity, for they say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’(A)
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Lamentations 4:13
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13 It was for the sins of her prophets
and the iniquities of her priests,
who shed the blood of the righteous
in her midst.(A)
Jeremiah 22:17
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17 But your eyes and heart
are only on your dishonest gain,
for shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.(A)
Isaiah 60:18
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18 Violence shall no more be heard in your land,
devastation or destruction within your borders;
you shall call your walls Salvation
and your gates Praise.(A)
Isaiah 59:3
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3 For your hands are defiled with blood
and your fingers with iniquity;
your lips have spoken lies;
your tongue mutters wickedness.(A)
Proverbs 24:9
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9 The devising of folly is sin,
and the scoffer is an abomination to all.
Proverbs 15:26
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26 Evil plans are an abomination to the Lord,
but gracious words are pure.(A)
Matthew 23:31-37
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31 Thus you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your ancestors. 33 You snakes, you brood of vipers! How can you escape the judgment of hell?[a] 34 For this reason I send you prophets, sages, and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town, 35 so that upon you may 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 sanctuary and the altar. 36 Truly I tell you, all this will come upon this generation.
The Lament over Jerusalem
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!
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- 23.33 Gk Gehenna
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