30 Bible Verses About Murdering The Innocent

“You shall not murder.”

“There are six things the Lord hates, seven that are detestable to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,”

“They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.”

“Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent— the Lord detests them both.”

“Their feet rush into sin; they are swift to shed innocent blood. They pursue evil schemes; acts of violence mark their ways.”

“My son, if sinful men entice you, do not give in to them. If they say, ‘Come along with us; let’s lie in wait for innocent blood, let’s ambush some harmless soul;'”

“Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder will seek refuge in the grave; let no one hold them back.”

“They lie in wait like a lion in hiding; they lie in wait to catch the helpless; they catch the helpless and drag them off in their net. Their victims are crushed, they collapse; they fall under the strength of the wicked.”

“When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood!”

“haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,”

“The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.”

“who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice to the innocent.”

“They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to false gods. They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their blood.”

“With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors, but through knowledge the righteous escape.”

“On your clothes is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor, though you did not catch them breaking in. Yet in spite of all this,”

“See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood.”

“Egypt will be desolate, Edom a desert waste, because of violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.”

“Moreover, Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end—besides the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, so that they did evil in the eyes of the Lord.”

“In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.”

“The bloodthirsty hate a person of integrity and seek to kill the upright.”

“For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken falsely, and your tongue mutters wicked things.”

“I have sinned,’ he said, ‘for I have betrayed innocent blood.’ ‘What is that to us?’ they replied. ‘That’s your responsibility.'”

“Do this so that innocent blood will not be shed in your land, which the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance, and so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.”

“Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ Then all the people shall say, ‘Amen!'”

“Show no pity. You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, so that it may go well with you.”

“A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.”

“See how the faithful city has become a prostitute! She once was full of justice; righteousness used to dwell in her— but now murderers!”

“This is what the Lord says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.”

“But your eyes and your heart are set only on dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood and on oppression and extortion.”

“You say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’”