They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at t
Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is
“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a yo
You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the lan
They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upo
The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,
Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.
In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel again
Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteou