21 Bible Verses about Responsibility For Blood Shed

So that all the just blood shed upon the earth might come upon you, from the blood of just Abel to the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye killed between the temple and altar.

And innocent blood shall not be poured out in the midst of thy land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee an inheritance, and bloods were upon thee.

And surely, your blood of your lives I will search out, from the hand of every living thing I will search it out, and from the hand of man; from the hand of a man's brother I will search out the life of man.

And in the just turning back from his justice and doing evil, and I gave a stumbling-block before his face, he shall die: for thou didst not admonish him, in his sins he shall die, and his justice shall not be remembered which he did; and his blood will I seek from thy hand.

In my saying to the unjust, Dying, thou shalt die; and thou admonished him not, and thou spakest not to admonish the unjust from his way of injustice to preserve him alive; this unjust one shall die in his iniquity, and his blood I will seek from thy hand.

He pouring out man's blood, by man his blood shall be poured out: for in the image of God he made man.

The blind were shaken in the streets, they were stained with blood, so that they shall not be able to touch upon their garments.

He terrifying violence upon the blood of a soul shall flee even to the pit; none shall hold fast upon him.

Thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the city of bloods, and make her to know all her abominations?

For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo to the city of bloods! I will make her pile great

Wo! to the city of bloods: all of it was filled with falsehood, with violence; the prey will not withdraw.

Saying, I have sinned, having delivered up guiltless blood. And they said, What to us? thou shalt see.

And the chief priests, having taken the silver coins, said, It is not lawful to cast them for an offering, since it is the price of blood.

And all the people having answered, said, His blood upon us, and upon our children.

And they opposing, and blaspheming, having shaken off the garments violently, he said to them, Your blood upon your head; I clean: from now will I go to the nations.

And smite thou the house of Ahab thy lord, and I avenged the bloods of my servants the prophets, and the bloods of all the servants of Jehovah from the hand of Jezebel

Wherefore shall the nations say, Where is their God? He will make known among the nations before our eyes the vengeance of the blood of thy servants being poured out.

And they cried with a great voice, saying, Till when, Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood of them dwelling upon earth

For true and just his judgments: for he judged the great harlot, who corrupted the earth with her harlotry, and he avenged the blood of his servants from her hand.

And Pilate, seeing that it profits nothing, but there is rather an uproar, having taken water, he washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this just one: ye shall see yourselves.

Wherefore I testify to you in this day, that I pure from the blood of all.