1 Kings 2:31
"And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father."
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- Deuteronomy 21:8
"Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them."
Read in chapter → - Numbers 35:33
"So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it."
Read in chapter → - Exodus 21:14
"But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die."
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 3:28
"And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 28:17
"A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 19:12
"Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 9:5
"And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man."
Read in chapter → - 2 Kings 9:26
"Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD."
Read in chapter → - Acts 28:4
"And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live."
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