Psalms 94:21
They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
BSB
ASV
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, And condemn the innocent blood.
KJV
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
"Shall the seat of iniquity cling to you?" You who judge righteousness, can you have iniquity for a neighbor? "You who fashion sorrow in a commandment?" The commandments of God have the sorrow of repentance; but that sorrow itself is good, because it furnishes the medicine of sinners. For unless with sweat and toil, we shall not do the commandments of God. Let no one, then, suppose that he will be crowned amid delights. "The widow who is in delights, while living, is dead."
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, so many are there of them that they crowd their assemblies, and carry their hard measures with enthusiasm; they are the popular party, and are eager to put down the saints. In counsel, and in action, they are unanimous; their one resolve is to hold their own tyrannical position, and put down the godly party. And condemn the innocent blood.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Proverbs 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
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Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
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Exodus 23:7Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
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Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
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Revelation 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.
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For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
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Psalms 59:3See how they lie in wait for me. Fierce men conspire against me for no transgression or sin of my own, O LORD.
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They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
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Matthew 27:1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
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Early in the morning, the chief priests, elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin devised a plan. They bound Jesus, led Him away, and handed Him over to Pilate.