78 verses contain “shed” (in the KJV: 63, in the BSB: 52) — showing 1–78
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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.
And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your
lifeblood is
shed. I will demand an accounting from
anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be
shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be
shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
And
Reuben said unto them,
Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
“Do not
shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.”
Reuben said this so that he could
rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
If a
thief be found breaking up, and be
smitten that he die, there shall no blood be
shed for him.
If a
thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of
bloodshed.
If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood
shed for him; for he should make full
restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his
theft.
And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:
instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall
incur bloodguilt. He has
shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.
And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of
Reuben; Elizur the son of
Shedeur.
These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of
Reuben, Elizur son of
Shedeur;
On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of
Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of
Reuben shall be Elizur the son of
Shedeur.
On the south side, the divisions of
Reuben are to camp under their standard:
And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred.
The leader of the Reubenites is Elizur son of Shedeur, and his division numbers 46,500.
On the fourth day Elizur the son of
Shedeur, prince of the children of
Reuben, did offer:
On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, the leader of the Reubenites, drew near.
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.
And the standard of the camp of
Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of
Shedeur.
Then the divisions of the camp of
Reuben set out under their standard, with Elizur son of
Shedeur in command.
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.
Do not
pollute the land where you live, for
bloodshed pollutes the land, and no
atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is
shed, except by the blood of the one who
shed it.
That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
Thus innocent blood will not be
shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of
bloodshed.
Thine eye shall not
pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
You must show him no
pity. You are to
purge from Israel the guilt of
shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
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.
Accept this
atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the
shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the
bloodshed will be
atoned for.
So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD.
So you shall
purge from among you the guilt of
shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath
withholden thee from coming to
shed blood, and from
avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you
yourself live, the LORD has held you back from coming to
bloodshed and
avenging yourself with your own hand. May your enemies and those who seek
harm for my lord be like Nabal.
That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast
shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath
avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine
handmaid.
then my lord will have no
remorse or guilt of conscience over needless
bloodshed and
revenge. And when the LORD has dealt well with my lord, may you remember your
maidservant.”
And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to
shed blood, and from
avenging myself with mine own hand.
But
Amasa took no
heed to the sword that was in
Joab’s hand: so he
smote him
therewith in the fifth rib, and
shed out his
bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So
Joab and
Abishai his brother pursued after
Sheba the son of Bichri.
Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his
bloody house, because he
slew the Gibeonites.
During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
Moreover thou knowest also what
Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto
Abner the son of
Ner, and unto
Amasa the son of Jether, whom he
slew, and
shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his
girdle that was about his loins, and in his
shoes that were on his feet.
Moreover, you know what
Joab son of Zeruiah did to me—what he did to
Abner son of
Ner and
Amasa son of Jether, the two commanders of the armies of Israel. He killed them in peacetime to
avenge the blood of war. He
stained with the blood of war the belt around his
waist and the
sandals on his feet.
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.
And the king replied, “Do just as he says. Strike him down and
bury him, and so remove from me and from the house of my father the innocent blood that
Joab shed.
And thou shalt
smite the house of
Ahab thy master, that I may
avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of
Jezebel.
And you are to strike down the house of your master
Ahab, so that I may
avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the servants of the LORD
shed by the hand of
Jezebel.
Moreover
Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin
wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
Moreover,
Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
And also for the innocent blood that he
shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not
pardon.
and also for the innocent blood he had
shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to
forgive.
But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
but this word of the LORD came to me: ‘You have
shed much blood and
waged great wars. You are not to build a house for My Name because you have
shed so much blood on the ground before Me.
But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.
but God said to me, ‘You are not to build a house for My Name, because you are a man of war who has
spilled blood.’
And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants
conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and
slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the
sepulchres of the kings.
And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left
Joash severely wounded. His own servants
conspired against him for
shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
He shall
shake off his unripe
grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive.
He will be like a vine
stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that
sheds its blossoms.
Their blood have they
shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to
bury them.
They have poured out their blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to
bury the dead.
Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the
revenging of the blood of thy servants which is
shed.
Why should the nations ask, “Where is their God?” Before our eyes, make known among the nations Your
vengeance for the
bloodshed of Your servants.
And
shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of
Canaan: and the land was
polluted with blood.
They
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.
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.
For their feet run to evil, and make
haste to
shed blood.
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that
shed innocent blood,
Their feet run to evil, and they make
haste to
shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Their feet run to evil; they are swift to
shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their
wake.
If ye
oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and
shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your
hurt:
if you no longer
oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer
shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own
harm,
Thus saith the LORD;
Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the
spoiled out of the hand of the
oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither
shed innocent blood in this place.
This is what the LORD says:
Administer justice and righteousness.
Rescue the
victim of
robbery from the hand of his
oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not
shed innocent blood in this place.
But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy
covetousness, and for to
shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own
dishonest gain, on
shedding innocent blood, on practicing
extortion and oppression.”
For the sins of her prophets, and the
iniquities of her priests, that have
shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,
But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
And I will judge thee, as women that break
wedlock and
shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in
fury and jealousy.
And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit
adultery and those who
shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your
bloodshed and jealousy.
If he
beget a son that is a
robber, a
shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,
Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city
sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to
defile herself.
and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own
doom by
shedding blood within her walls and making idols to
defile herself,
Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast
shed; and hast
defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a
mocking to all countries.
you are guilty of the blood you have
shed, and you are
defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a
mockery to all the lands.
Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.
See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
In thee are men that carry tales to
shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit
lewdness.
In thee have they taken gifts to
shed blood; thou hast taken
usury and increase, and thou hast
greedily gained of thy neighbours by
extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
In 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.
Behold, therefore I have
smitten mine hand at thy
dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.
Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
Her princes in the midst thereof are like
wolves ravening the prey, to
shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get
dishonest gain.
And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit
adultery and
bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands.
For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;
For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.
For I will send into her
pestilence, and blood into her street; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
I will send a plague against her and shed blood in her streets; the slain will fall within her, while the sword is against her on every side. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land?
Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast
shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their
calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end:
Because you
harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their
disaster at the final stage of their punishment,
Wherefore I poured my
fury upon them for the blood that they had
shed upon the land, and for their idols
wherewith they had
polluted it:
So I poured out My wrath upon them because of the blood they had
shed on the land, and because they had
defiled it with their idols.
Egypt shall be a
desolation, and
Edom shall be a
desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have
shed innocent blood in their land.
Egypt will become
desolate, and
Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they
shed innocent blood.
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in
shedding the blood of the prophets.’
That upon you may come all the righteous blood
shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous
Abel unto the blood of
Zacharias son of
Barachias, whom ye
slew between the temple and the altar.
And so upon you will come all the righteous blood
shed on earth, from the blood of righteous
Abel to the blood of
Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the
forgiveness of sins.
And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,
Likewise also the cup after
supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is
shed for you.
In the same way, after
supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.
Therefore being by the right hand of God
exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath
shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
And when the blood of thy
martyr Stephen was
shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the
raiment of them that
slew him.
And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was
shed, I stood there giving my
approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
And hope maketh not
ashamed; because the love of God is
shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
And hope does not
disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our
Savior,
And almost all things are by the law
purged with blood; and without
shedding of blood is no remission.
According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be
purified with blood, and without the
shedding of blood there is no
forgiveness.
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood,
striving against sin.
In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of
shedding your blood.
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
For they have
spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
My right hand shall not
spare the sinners, and my sword shall not cease over them that
shed innocent blood upon the earth.
Thus they
shed innocent blood on every side of the sanctuary, and
defiled it:
The flesh of thy saints have they cast out, and their blood have they
shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to
bury them.
And burned the
porch, and
shed innocent blood: then we prayed unto the Lord, and were heard; we offered also sacrifices and fine flour, and lighted the lamps, and set forth the
loaves.