2 Kings 24:4

American Standard Version (1901)

and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.

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  • 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.
  • Ps 106:38 : 38 And shed innocent blood, Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.
  • Jer 2:34 : 34 Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.
  • Jer 15:1-2 : 1 Then said Jehovah unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind would not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. 2 And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.
  • Jer 19:4 : 4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,
  • Lam 3:42 : 42 We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned.
  • Ezek 33:25 : 25 Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes unto your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
  • Num 35:33 : 33 So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood, it polluteth the land; and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
  • Deut 19:10 : 10 that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

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  • 2 Kgs 21:16-17
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    16Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

    17Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

  • Jer 19:4
    77%

    4Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, that they knew not, they and their fathers and the kings of Judah; and have filled this place with the blood of innocents,

  • Lam 4:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13[ It is] because of the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.

    14They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.

  • 2 Kgs 24:5
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    5Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

  • Deut 21:8-9
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    8Forgive, O Jehovah, thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and suffer not innocent blood [to remain] in the midst of thy people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them.

    9So shalt thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

  • Jer 22:17
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    17But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

  • 2 Kgs 24:3
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    3Surely at the commandment of Jehovah came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did,

  • Ezek 24:6-9
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    72%

    6Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city, to the caldron whose rust is therein, and whose rust is not gone out of it! take out of it piece after piece; No lot is fallen upon it.

    7For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the bare rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust.

    8That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood upon the bare rock, that it should not be covered.

    9Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.

  • Joel 3:19
    72%

    19Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence done to the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.

  • Isa 4:4
    72%

    4when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.

  • Deut 19:10
    72%

    10that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

  • Deut 19:13
    72%

    13Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.

  • Jer 15:4
    71%

    4And I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.

  • Jer 2:34
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    34Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

  • Ezek 9:9
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    9Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of wresting [of judgment] : for they say, Jehovah hath forsaken the land, and Jehovah seeth not.

  • Jer 26:15
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    15Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth Jehovah hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.

  • Matt 27:4
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    4saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to it] .

  • 2 Chr 24:22
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    22Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah look upon it, and require it.

  • Ps 79:3
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    3Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; And there was none to bury them.

  • Mic 3:10
    70%

    10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

  • 1 Kgs 2:31
    70%

    31And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house.

  • Jer 5:1
    70%

    1Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.

  • Joel 3:21
    70%

    21And I will cleanse their blood, that I have not cleansed: for Jehovah dwelleth in Zion.

  • Jer 22:3
    70%

    3Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

  • Jer 44:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6Wherefore my wrath and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.

    7Therefore now thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: Wherefore commit ye [this] great evil against your own souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling, out of the midst of Judah, to leave you none remaining;

  • 2 Chr 34:5
    70%

    5And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Ezek 9:7
    69%

    7And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.

  • Isa 1:21
    69%

    21How is the faithful city become a harlot! she that was full of justice! righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

  • Jer 4:14
    69%

    14O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?

  • Ps 94:21
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    21They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

  • Amos 2:4
    69%

    4Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk:

  • Ezek 9:4
    69%

    4And Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.

  • Hos 4:2
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    2There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

  • 2 Kgs 23:26
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    26Notwithstanding, Jehovah turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations wherewith Manasseh had provoked him.

  • 2 Sam 4:11
    68%

    11How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

  • Dan 9:12
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    12And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil; for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.

  • Ezek 22:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2And thou, son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? then cause her to know all her abominations.

    3And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A city that sheddeth blood in the midst of her, that her time may come, and that maketh idols against herself to defile her!

  • Isa 26:21
    68%

    21For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

  • 2 Kgs 24:20
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    20For through the anger of Jehovah did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

  • Ezek 36:18
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    18Wherefore I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood which they had poured out upon the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols;

  • Matt 27:24
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    24So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye [to it] .

  • Hos 6:8
    68%

    8Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; it is stained with blood.