Verse 25

Cursed be he, that receaueth giftes to slaye the soule of innocent bloude. And all the people shal saye, Amen.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 23:7-8 : 7 Kepe the farre from false matters. The innocent and righteous shalt thou not sley, for I iustifie not ye vngodly. 8 Thou shalt not take giftes: for giftes blinde euen them yt are sharpe of sight, & wraist the righteous causes.
  • Deut 10:17 : 17 For the LORDE yor God is God of all goddes, & LORDE ouer all lordes, a greate God, mightie & terryble, which regardeth no personne, & taketh no giftes
  • Deut 16:19 : 19 Thou shalt not wrest the lawe. Thou shalt knowe no personne also, ner take giftes. For giftes blynde the eyes of ye wyse, & peruerte ye righteous causes.
  • Ps 15:5 : 5 He that geueth not his money vpon vsury, and taketh no rewarde agaynst the innocet. Who so doth these thiges, shal neuer be remoued.
  • Prov 1:11-29 : 11 yf they entyse the, and saye: come wyth us, let us laye wayte for bloude, & lurke preuely for the innocet wythout a cause: 12 let us swalowe the vp like ye hell, let us deuoure the quycke and whole, as those that go downe in to the pytt. 13 So shal we fynde all maner of costly riches, and fyll oure houses wyth spoyles. 14 Cast in thy lott amonge us, we shal haue all one purse. 15 My sonne, walke not thou wt them, refrayne yi fote fro their wayes. 16 For their fete rune to euell, & are haistie to shed bloude. 17 But in vayne is ye net layed forth before the byrdes eyes. 18 Yee they the selues laye wayte one for anothers bloude, and one of the wolde slaye another. 19 These are the wayes of all soch as be couetous, that one wolde rauysh anothers life. 20 Wy?dome crieth without, & putteth forth hir voyce in the stretes. 21 She calleth before ye congregacion in ye open gates, and sheweth hir wordes thorow ye cite, sayenge: 22 O ye childre, how loge wil ye loue childyshnesse? how longe wil ye scorners delyte in scornynge, & ye vnwyse be enemies vnto knowlege? 23 O turne you vnto my correccion: lo, I wil expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstode my wordes. 24 Seinge then that I haue called, and ye refused it: I haue stretched out my honde, and no ma regarded it, 25 but all my coucels haue ye despysed, and set my correccios at naught. 26 Therfore shal I also laugh in yor destruccion, and mocke you, when ye thinge that ye feare cometh vpon you: 27 euen whe ye thinge that ye be afrayed of, falleth in sodenly like a storme, and yor misery like a tempest: yee wha trouble and heuynesse cometh vpon you. 28 Then shal they call vpo me, but I wil not heare: they shal seke me early, but they shal not fynde me: 29 And yt because they hated knowlege, and receaued not ye feare of ye LORDE,
  • Ezek 22:12-13 : 12 Yee giftes haue bene receaued in the, to shed bloude. Thou hast taken vsury & encreace, thou hast oppressed thy neghbours by extorcion, and forgotten me, saieth the LORDE God. 13 Beholde, I haue smytten my hondes vpo thy couetousnesse, that thou hast vsed, and vpon the bloude which hath bene shed in the.
  • Mic 3:10-11 : 10 Ye that buylde vp Sion with bloude, and Ierusalem with doynge wronge. 11 O ye iudges, ye geue sentence for giftes: O ye preastes, ye teach for lucre: O ye prophetes, ye prophecy for money. Yet wil they be take as those that holde vpon God, and saye: Is not the LORDE amonge vs? Tush, there can no misfortune happen vs.
  • Mic 7:2-3 : 2 There is not a godly man vpo earth, there is not one rightuous amoge me. They laboure all to shed bloude, & euery ma hunteth his brother to death: 3 yet they saye they do well, when they do euell. As the prince wil, so sayeth the iudge: yt he maye do him a pleasure agayne. The greate ma speaketh what his herte desyreth, & ye hearers alowe him.
  • Matt 26:15 : 15 and sayde: What wil ye geue me, and I shal delyuer him vnto you? And they offred hi thirtie syluer pens.
  • Matt 27:3-4 : 3 When Iudas which betrayed him, sawe this that he was condemned vnto death, it repented him, and brought agayne the thirtie syluer pens to the hye prestes and the elders, 4 and sayde: I haue done euell, in that I haue betrayed innocet bloude. They sayde: What haue we to do with yt? Se thou therto.
  • Acts 1:18 : 18 This same trulye possessed the felde for the rewarde of vnrighteousnes, and hanged himself, and brast asunder in the myddes, and all his bowels gusshed out.