Verse 9

In this manner you will purge out the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before the LORD.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 13:18 : 18 Thus you must obey the LORD your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him.
• Deut 19:12-13 : 12 The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die. 13 You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well with you.
• 2 Kgs 10:30-31 : 30 The LORD said to Jehu,“You have done well. You have accomplished my will and carried out my wishes with regard to Ahab’s dynasty. Therefore four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel.” 31 But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the LORD God of Israel. He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit.