Psalms 94:21
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They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
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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.
When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
I 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.
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.
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 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!’”
You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
“I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”