Psalms 94:21

The wicked band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent. Evildoers conspire to destroy the godly and shed innocent blood.

Cross-references · 23

• Prov 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
• Matt 27:1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
• Ps 59:3See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
• Rev 17:6I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.
• Exod 23:7Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
• Acts 7:58–60They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
• Ps 2:1–3Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
• 1 Kgs 21:19Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”
• Jas 5:6You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
• Ezek 22:12In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
• Prov 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
• Ezek 22:27Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
• Matt 27:4“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
• Ps 22:16For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
• Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
• Prov 1:16For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
• Matt 23:32–36Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
• Ps 56:6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
• Acts 4:27–28In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.
• Ezek 22:6See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
• Acts 4:5–7The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
• Ps 106:38They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.
• Jer 26:15But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”

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