Psalms 94:21

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They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent.

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  • Prov 17:15 : 15 The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent– both of them are an abomination to the LORD.
  • Exod 23:7 : 7 Keep your distance from a false charge– do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.
  • Ps 59:3 : 3 For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O LORD.
  • Matt 27:1 : 1 Jesus Brought Before Pilate When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him.
  • Matt 27:4 : 4 saying,“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!” But they said,“What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!”
  • Acts 4:5-7 : 5 On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem. 6 Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest’s family. 7 After making Peter and John stand in their midst, they began to inquire,“By what power or by what name did you do this?”
  • Acts 4:27-28 : 27 “For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, 28 to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen.
  • Acts 7:52 : 52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!
  • Acts 7:58-60 : 58 When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed,“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!” 60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice,“Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he died.
  • Jas 5:6 : 6 You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.
  • Rev 17:6 : 6 I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus. I was greatly astounded when I saw her.
  • Ps 106:38 : 38 They shed innocent blood– the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted by bloodshed.
  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say,“Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.
  • Prov 1:16 : 16 for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.
  • 1 Kgs 21:19 : 19 Say to him,‘This is what the LORD has said:“Haven’t you committed murder and taken possession of the property of the deceased?”’ Then say to him,‘This is what the LORD has said:“In the spot where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood they will also lick up your blood– yes, yours!”’”
  • Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail? 2 The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the LORD and his anointed king. 3 They say,“Let’s tear off the shackles they’ve put on us! Let’s free ourselves from their ropes!”
  • Ps 22:16 : 16 Yes, wild dogs surround me– a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet.
  • Ps 56:6 : 6 They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life.
  • Jer 26:15 : 15 But you should take careful note of this: If you put me to death, you will bring on yourselves and this city and those who live in it the guilt of murdering an innocent man. For the LORD has sent me to speak all this where you can hear it. That is the truth!”
  • Ezek 22:6 : 6 “‘See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood.
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.
  • Ezek 22:27 : 27 Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey– shedding blood and destroying lives– so they can get dishonest profit.
  • Matt 23:32-36 : 32 Fill up then the measure of your ancestors! 33 You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? 34 “For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town, 35 so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things!

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    3For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O LORD.

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    6You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.

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    9Do not sweep me away with sinners, or execute me along with violent people,

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    19If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!

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    7Keep your distance from a false charge– do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

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    23for the LORD will plead their case and will rob the life those who are robbing them.

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    7They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy.

  • Job 17:8
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    8Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent man is troubled with the godless.

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    19The righteous see their destruction and rejoice; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying,

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    18but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!

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    5Yes, they devise a unified strategy; they form an alliance against you.

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    22But the LORD will protect me, and my God will shelter me.

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