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Revelation 16:6

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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ASV

for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.

KJV

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὅτιhotibecauseG3754 →
αἷμαhaima[the] bloodG129 →
ἁγίωνhagiōnof saintsG40 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
προφητῶνprophētōnof prophetsG4396 →
ἐξέχεαν,execheanthey have poured out,G1632 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
αἷμαhaimabloodG129 →
αὐτοῖςautoisto themG846 →
δέδωκαςdedōkasYou have givenG1325 →
πιεῖν·pieinto drink;G4095 →
ἄξιοίaxioiworthyG514 →
εἰσιν.¶eisinthey are.G1510 →

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Isaiah 49:26I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”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.Revelation 6:10–11And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”Revelation 11:18The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”Psalms 9:12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore the cry of the afflicted.Matthew 26:52“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.Luke 11:49–50Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’Revelation 18:24And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.Revelation 13:15The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.Matthew 23:30–37And 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.’Revelation 17:6–7I 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.2 Kings 24:4and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.Luke 3:20Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.Psalms 109:17The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.Revelation 19:2For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”Matthew 21:35–41But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.Lamentations 4:13But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.Revelation 13:10“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.

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