Psalms 94:21

American Standard Version (1901)

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.

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  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Jehovah.
  • Exod 23:7 : 7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
  • Ps 59:3 : 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 Now when morning was come, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
  • Matt 27:4 : 4 saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou [to it] .
  • Acts 4:5-7 : 5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem; 6 and Annas the high priest [was there], and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this?
  • Acts 4:27-28 : 27 for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together, 28 to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass.
  • Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
  • Acts 7:58-60 : 58 and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [the Lord], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous [one] ; he doth not resist you.
  • Rev 17:6 : 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered with a great wonder.
  • 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.
  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
  • 1 Kgs 21:19 : 19 And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou killed and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
  • Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, [saying] , 3 Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.
  • Ps 22:16 : 16 For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.
  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.
  • Jer 26:15 : 15 Only 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.
  • Ezek 22:6 : 6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one according to his power, have been in thee to shed blood.
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 In thee have they taken bribes to shed blood; thou hast taken interest and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by oppression, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
  • Ezek 22:27 : 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.
  • Matt 23:32-36 : 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell? 34 Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

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  • 32The wicked watcheth the righteous, And seeketh to slay him.

  • 20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, Which frameth mischief by statute?

  • 10The bloodthirsty hate him that is perfect; And as for the upright, they seek his life.

  • 11If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

  • 21Evil shall slay the wicked; And they that hate the righteous shall be condemned.

  • Ps 94:5-6
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    5They break in pieces thy people, O Jehovah, And afflict thy heritage.

    6They slay the widow and the sojourner, And murder the fatherless.

  • Ps 56:6-7
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    6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, They mark my steps, Even as they have waited for my soul.

    7Shall they escape by iniquity? In anger cast down the peoples, O God.

  • Ps 69:27-28
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    27Add iniquity unto their iniquity; And let them not come into thy righteousness.

    28Let them be blotted out of the book of life, And not be written with the righteous.

  • 3For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul; The mighty gather themselves together against me: Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O Jehovah.

  • 7The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, Because they refuse to do justice.

  • 12The wicked plotteth against the just, And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

  • 14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To slay such as are upright in the way.

  • 16Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?

  • 6Ye have condemned, ye have killed the righteous [one] ; he doth not resist you.

  • 23that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

  • 9Gather not my soul with sinners, Nor my life with men of blood;

  • 19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.

  • 7Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

  • 23For Jehovah will plead their cause, And despoil of life those that despoil them.

  • 7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

  • 8Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

  • 25Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • 19The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

  • 18And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

  • 5For they have consulted together with one consent; Against thee do they make a covenant:

  • 21[Though] hand [join] in hand, the evil man shall not be unpunished; But the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

  • 2For, lo, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart;

  • 2Who devise mischiefs in their heart; Continually do they gather themselves together for war.

  • 3Thy take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.

  • 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.

  • 11For they intended evil against thee; They conceived a device which they are not able to perform.

  • 16For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

  • 23Yet, Jehovah, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me; forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight; but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thou with them in the time of thine anger.

  • 20Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

  • 6The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

  • 4That they may shoot in secret places at the perfect: Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

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

  • 15Their feet are swift to shed blood;

  • 17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

  • 21that make a man an offender in [his] cause, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just with a thing of nought.

  • 3Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge [is ready] for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.

  • 17But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold [on thee] .

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    5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

  • 22But Jehovah hath been my high tower, And my God the rock of my refuge.

  • 18The wicked is a ransom for the righteous; And the treacherous [cometh] in the stead of the upright.

  • 10For mine enemies speak concerning me; And they that watch for my soul take counsel together,

  • 12The righteous man considereth the house of the wicked, [How] the wicked are overthrown to [their] ruin.