Jeremiah 2:34

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And in the skirts of your robe may be seen the life-blood of those who have done no wrong: ...

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  • 2 Kgs 21:16 : 16 More than this, Manasseh took the lives of upright men, till Jerusalem from one end to the other was full of blood; in addition to his sin in making Judah do evil in the eyes of the Lord.
  • 2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 And because of the death of those who had done no wrong, for he made Jerusalem full of the blood of the upright; and the Lord had no forgiveness for it.
  • Jer 19:4 : 4 Because they have given me up, and made this place a strange place, burning perfumes in it to other gods, of whom they and their fathers and the kings of Judah had no knowledge; and they have made this place full of the blood of those who have done no wrong;
  • Exod 22:2 : 2 If a thief is taken in the act of forcing his way into a house, and his death is caused by a blow, the owner of the house is not responsible for his blood.
  • Ezek 16:20-21 : 20 And you took your sons and your daughters whom I had by you, offering even these to them to be their food. Was your loose behaviour so small a thing, 21 That you put my children to death and gave them up to go through the fire to them?
  • Ezek 20:31 : 31 And when you give your offerings, causing your sons to go through the fire, you make yourselves unclean with all your images to this day; and will you come to me for directions, O children of Israel? By my life, says the Lord, you will get no direction from me.
  • Ezek 24:7 : 7 For her blood is in her; she has put it on the open rock not draining it on to the earth so that it might be covered with dust;
  • Ps 106:37-38 : 37 They even made offerings of their sons and their daughters to evil spirits, 38 And gave the blood of their sons and their daughters who had done no wrong, offering them to the images of Canaan; and the land was made unclean with blood.
  • Isa 57:5 : 5 You who are burning with evil desire among the oaks, under every green tree; putting children to death in the valleys, under the cracks of the rocks?
  • Isa 59:7 : 7 Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.
  • Jer 6:15 : 15 Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: when my punishment comes on them, they will be made low, says the Lord.
  • Jer 7:31 : 31 And they have put up the high place of Topheth in the valley of the son of Hinnom, burning their sons and their daughters there in the fire; a thing which was not ordered by me and never came into my mind.
  • Jer 8:12 : 12 Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: in the time of their punishment they will be made low, says the Lord.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 35And still you said, I have done no wrong; truly, his wrath is turned away from me. See, I will take up the cause against you, because you say, I have done no wrong.

  • 33With what care are your ways ordered when you are looking for love! so ... your ways.

  • 22And if you say in your heart, Why have these things come on me? because of the number of your sins, your skirts have been uncovered and violent punishment overtakes you.

  • 17But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.

  • 22And in all your disgusting and false behaviour you had no memory of your early days, when you were uncovered and without clothing, stretched out in your blood.

  • Lam 4:13-14
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    13It is because of the sins of her prophets and the evil-doing of her priests, by whom the blood of the upright has been drained out in her.

    14They are wandering like blind men in the streets, they are made unclean with blood, so that their robes may not be touched by men.

  • Ezek 22:9-13
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    9In you there are men who say evil of others, causing death; in you they have taken the flesh with the blood for food; in your streets they have put evil designs into effect.

    10In you they have let the shame of their fathers be seen; in you they have done wrong to a woman at the time when she was unclean.

    11And in you one man has done what was disgusting with his neighbour's wife; and another has made his daughter-in-law unclean; and another has done wrong to his sister, his father's daughter.

    12In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.

    13See, then, I have made my hands come together in wrath against your taking of goods by force and against the blood which has been flowing in you.

  • 21They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

  • 18Your ways and your doings have made these things come on you; this is your sin; truly it is bitter, going deep into your heart.

  • 4Because they have given me up, and made this place a strange place, burning perfumes in it to other gods, of whom they and their fathers and the kings of Judah had no knowledge; and they have made this place full of the blood of those who have done no wrong;

  • Ezek 24:7-8
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    7For her blood is in her; she has put it on the open rock not draining it on to the earth so that it might be covered with dust;

    8In order that it might make wrath come up to give punishment, she has put her blood on the open rock, so that it may not be covered.

  • 36This is what the Lord has said: Because your unclean behaviour was let loose and your body uncovered in your loose ways with your lovers and with your disgusting images, and for the blood of your children which you gave to them;

  • 26So I will have your skirts uncovered before your face, in order that your shame may be seen.

  • 4And because of the death of those who had done no wrong, for he made Jerusalem full of the blood of the upright; and the Lord had no forgiveness for it.

  • 10You have been a cause of shame to your house by cutting off a number of peoples, and sinning against your soul.

  • 2There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.

  • Ezek 22:6-7
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    70%

    6See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.

    7In you they have had no respect for father and mother; in you they have been cruel to the man from a strange land; in you they have done wrong to the child without a father and to the widow.

  • 3For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.

  • Job 22:5-6
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    5Is not your evil-doing great? and there is no end to your sins.

    6For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.

  • 24And in her was seen the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all who have been put to death on the earth.

  • 8Gilead is a town of evil-doers, marked with blood.

  • 21The upright town has become untrue; there was a time when her judges gave right decisions, when righteousness had a resting-place in her, but now she is full of those who take men's lives.

  • 7Crushing the head of the poor, and turning the steps of the gentle out of the way: and a man and his father go in to the same young woman, putting shame on my holy name:

  • 2The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.

  • 11If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;

  • 21The young men and the old are stretched on the earth in the streets; my virgins and my young men have been put to the sword: you have sent death on them in the day of your wrath, causing death without pity.

  • 4You are responsible for the blood drained out by you, and you are unclean through the images which you have made; and you have made your day come near, and the time of your judging has come; for this cause I have made you a name of shame to the nations and a cause of laughing to all countries.

  • 11Evil is there; cruel rule and deceit are ever in the streets.

  • 7Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.

  • 17...

  • 10So that in all your land, which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, no man may be wrongly put to death, for which you will be responsible.

  • 15About Judah. What have you to do in my house? is it your thought that oaths and holy flesh will get you out of your trouble? will you make yourself safe in this way?

  • 11Look! you have seen today how the Lord gave you up into my hands even now in the hollow of the rocks: and some would have had me put you to death, but I had pity on you: for I said, Never will my hand be lifted up against my lord, who has been marked with the holy oil.

  • 38And you will be judged by me as women are judged who have been untrue to their husbands and have taken life; and I will let loose against you passion and bitter feeling.

  • 12For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

  • 9Then he said to me, The sin of the children of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is full of blood and the town full of evil ways: for they say, The Lord has gone away from the land, and the Lord does not see.

  • 45And upright men will be her judges, judging her as false wives and women who take lives are judged; because she has been untrue to me and blood is on her hands.

  • 9Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

  • 8Because you have taken their goods from great nations, all the rest of the peoples will take your goods from you; because of men's blood and violent acts against the land and the town and all who are living in it.

  • 8He is waiting in the dark places of the towns: in the secret places he puts to death those who have done no wrong: his eyes are secretly turned against the poor.

  • 19Masses on masses in the valley of decision! for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

  • 22For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.