Psalms 94:21

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.
  • Exod 23:7 : 7 Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.
  • Ps 59:3 : 3 For see, they are watching in secret for my soul; the strong have come together against me? but not because of my sin, or my evil-doing, O Lord.
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 Now when it was morning, all the chief priests and those in authority took thought together with the purpose of putting Jesus to death.
  • Matt 27:4 : 4 Saying, I have done wrong in giving into your hands an upright man. But they said, What is that to us? it is your business.
  • Acts 4:5-7 : 5 And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem; 6 And Annas, the high priest, was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all the relations of the high priest. 7 Then sending for Peter and John, they said, By what power and in whose name have you done this?
  • Acts 4:27-28 : 27 For, truly, in this town, against your holy servant, Jesus, who was marked out by you as Christ, Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, came together, 28 To do that which had been fixed before by your hand and your purpose.
  • Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;
  • Acts 7:58-60 : 58 Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit. 60 And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you.
  • Rev 17:6 : 6 And I saw the woman overcome as with the wine of the blood of the saints, and the blood of those put to death because of Jesus. And when I saw her, I was overcome with a great wonder.
  • Ps 106:38 : 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.
  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet are running after evil, and they are quick to take a man's life.
  • 1 Kgs 21:19 : 19 Say to him, The Lord says, Have you put a man to death and taken his heritage? Then say to him, The Lord says, In the place where dogs have been drinking the blood of Naboth, there will your blood become the drink of dogs.
  • Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish? 2 The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying, 3 Let their chains be broken, and their cords taken from off us.
  • Ps 22:16 : 16 Dogs have come round me: I am shut in by the band of evil-doers; they made wounds in my hands and feet.
  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They come together, they are waiting in secret places, they take note of my steps, they are waiting for my soul.
  • Jer 26:15 : 15 Only be certain that, if you put me to death, you will make yourselves and your town and its people responsible for the blood of one who has done no wrong: for truly, the Lord has sent me to you to say all these words in your ears.
  • Ezek 22:6 : 6 See, the rulers of Israel, every one in his family, have been causing death in you.
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 In 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.
  • Ezek 22:27 : 27 Her rulers in her are like wolves violently taking their food; putting men to death and causing the destruction of souls, so that they may get their profit.
  • Matt 23:32-36 : 32 Make full, then, the measure of your fathers. 33 You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell? 34 For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town; 35 So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar. 36 Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this generation.

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    6You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you.

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