Joshua 2:19
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19 Then if anyone goes out of the doors of your house into the street, (A)his blood shall be on his own head, and we shall be guiltless. But if a hand is laid on anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head.
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Acts 27:31
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31 Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”
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Acts 18:6
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6 And when they opposed and reviled him, (A)he shook out his garments and said to them, (B)“Your blood be on your own heads! (C)I am innocent. (D)From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
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Ezekiel 33:4-5
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4 then if anyone who hears the sound of the trumpet does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, (A)his blood shall be upon his own head. 5 (B)He heard the sound of the trumpet and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But if he had taken warning, he would have saved his life.
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1 John 2:27-28
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27 But (A)the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and (B)you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and (C)is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.
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28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that (D)when he appears (E)we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his (F)coming.
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Hebrews 10:29
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29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one (A)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned (B)the blood of the covenant (C)by which he was sanctified, and has (D)outraged the Spirit of grace?
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Philippians 3:9
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9 and be found in him, not having (A)a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but (B)that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—
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Acts 20:26
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26 Therefore (A)I testify to you this day that (B)I am innocent of the blood of all,
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Matthew 27:24-25
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24 So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that (A)a riot was beginning, he took water and (B)washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of (C)this man's blood;[a] (D)see to it yourselves.” 25 And all the people answered, (E)“His blood be on us and (F)on our children!”
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- Matthew 27:24 Some manuscripts this righteous blood, or this righteous man's blood
Matthew 24:17
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17 (A)Let the one who is on (B)the housetop not go down to take what is in his house,
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1 Kings 2:36-42
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36 Then the king sent and summoned (A)Shimei and said to him, “Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not go out from there to any place whatever. 37 For on the day you go out and cross (B)the brook Kidron, know for certain that you shall die. (C)Your blood shall be on your own head.” 38 And Shimei said to the king, “What you say is good; as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do.” So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.
39 But it happened at the end of three years that two of Shimei's servants ran away to (D)Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And when it was told Shimei, “Behold, your servants are in Gath,” 40 Shimei arose and saddled a donkey and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants. Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath. 41 And when Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned, 42 the king sent and summoned Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the Lord and solemnly warn you, saying, ‘Know for certain that on the day you go out and go to any place whatever, you shall die’? And you said to me, ‘What you say is good; I will obey.’
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1 Kings 2:32
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32 The Lord will (A)bring back his bloody deeds on his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and killed with the sword two men (B)more righteous and better than himself, (C)Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and (D)Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.
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2 Samuel 4:11
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11 How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now (A)require his blood at your hand and destroy you from the earth?”
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2 Samuel 3:28-29
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28 Afterward, when David heard of it, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the Lord for the blood of Abner the son of Ner. 29 (A)May it fall upon the head of Joab and upon all his father's house, and may the house of Joab never be without (B)one who has a discharge or who is (C)leprous or who holds a spindle or who falls by the sword or who lacks bread!”
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2 Samuel 1:16
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16 And David said to him, (A)“Your blood be on your head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have killed (B)the Lord's anointed.’”
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Joshua 2:14
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14 And the men said to her, “Our life for yours even to death! If you do not tell this business of ours, then when the Lord gives us the land (A)we will deal kindly and faithfully with you.”
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Numbers 35:26-28
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26 But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the boundaries of his city of refuge to which he fled, 27 and (A)the avenger of blood finds him outside the boundaries of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood. 28 For he must remain in his city of refuge (B)until the death of the high priest, but after the death of the high priest the manslayer may return to the land of his possession.
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Leviticus 20:11
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11 (A)If a man lies with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
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Leviticus 20:9
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9 For (A)anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; (B)his blood is upon him.
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Exodus 12:23
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23 (A)For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on (B)the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and (C)will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.
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Exodus 12:13
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13 (A)The blood shall be a sign for you, on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you, when I strike the land of Egypt.
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