Psalm 94:21
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21 They gather together against the life of the righteous,
And condemn (A)innocent blood.
Matthew 27:1
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Jesus Handed Over to Pontius Pilate(A)
27 When morning came, (B)all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus to put Him to death.
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Proverbs 17:15
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15 (A)He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just,
Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
Psalm 59:3
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3 For look, they lie in wait for my life;
(A)The mighty gather against me,
Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O Lord.
Exodus 23:7
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7 (A)Keep yourself far from a false matter; (B)do not kill the innocent and righteous. For (C)I will not justify the wicked.
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Revelation 17:6
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6 I saw (A)the woman, drunk (B)with the blood of the saints and with the blood of (C)the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.
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James 5:6
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6 You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.
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Acts 7:58-60
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58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And (A)the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, (B)receive my spirit.” 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, (C)“Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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Matthew 27:4
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4 saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.”
And they said, “What is that to us? You see to it!”
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Ezekiel 22:27
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27 Her (A)princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood, to destroy [a]people, and to get dishonest gain.
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- Ezekiel 22:27 Lit. souls
Ezekiel 22:12
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12 In you (A)they take bribes to shed blood; (B)you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and (C)have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.
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Proverbs 1:11
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11 If they say, “Come with us,
Let us (A)lie in wait to shed blood;
Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
Psalm 22:16
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16 For dogs have surrounded Me;
The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me.
(A)They[a] pierced My hands and My feet;
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- Psalm 22:16 So with some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Vg.; MT Like a lion instead of They pierced
Psalm 2:1-3
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The Messiah’s Triumph and Kingdom(A)
2 Why (B)do the [a]nations [b]rage,
And the people plot a [c]vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the (C)rulers take counsel together,
Against the Lord and against His (D)Anointed,[d] saying,
3 “Let (E)us break Their bonds in pieces
And cast away Their cords from us.”
1 Kings 21:19
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19 You shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Have you murdered and also taken possession?” ’ And you shall speak to him, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord: (A)“In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs shall lick your blood, even yours.” ’ ”
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Acts 7:52
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52 (A)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of (B)the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,
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Acts 4:27-28
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27 “For (A)truly against (B)Your holy Servant Jesus, (C)whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together 28 (D)to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
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Acts 4:5-7
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Addressing the Sanhedrin
5 And it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes, 6 as well as (A)Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, (B)“By what power or by what name have you done this?”
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Matthew 23:32-36
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32 (A)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers’ guilt. 33 Serpents, (B)brood[a] of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34 (C)Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: (D)some of them you will kill and crucify, and (E)some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, 35 (F)that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, (G)from the blood of righteous Abel to (H)the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.
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- Matthew 23:33 offspring
Ezekiel 22:6
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6 “Look, (A)the princes of Israel: each one has used his [a]power to shed blood in you.
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- Ezekiel 22:6 Lit. arm
Jeremiah 26:15
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15 But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will surely bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its inhabitants; for truly the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.”
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Proverbs 1:16
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16 (A)For their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood.
Psalm 106:38
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38 And shed innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And (A)the land was polluted with blood.
Psalm 56:6
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6 They gather together,
They hide, they mark my steps,
When they lie in wait for my life.
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