What does the Bible mean by, "shedding of innocent blood"?
Proverbs 6:16 - 19
ESV - 16 There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: 17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood.
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Asked April 08 2023
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Marguerite Juarez
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Jack Gutknecht
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Good question, Marguerite! "Hands that shed innocent blood" is a phrase that means murdering a person who has not harmed the murderer. God says, "Don't kill." Even if the murderer escapes and isn't caught by anyone, God knows and is "the avenger of blood." -- biblehub Deuteronomy 32:43: “Rejoice, O nations, with His people; For He [God] will avenge the blood of His servants, And will render vengeance on His adversaries, And will atone for His land and His people.” knowing-jesus What does the divine Avenger of blood do? "For He remembers the victims of violence and avenges their blood; He does not turn a deaf ear to the cry of the needy." Psalm 9:12 VOICE Remember how God as the Avenger of blood judged Cain so much in Genesis 4? Compare a cross-reference verse, Isaiah 59:7: "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."
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