Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

You have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed ¹  in your struggle against sin.

And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, ¹  we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey – shedding blood and destroying lives – so they can get dishonest profit.

But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression. ¹ 

“‘See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood. ¹ 

Therefore, to sanctify the people by his own blood, Jesus also suffered outside the camp.

Then say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: O city, who spills blood within herself (which brings on her doom), ¹  and who makes herself idols (which results in impurity),

Slanderous men shed blood within you. ¹  Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains; ²  they commit obscene acts among you. ³ 

So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood. ¹ 

Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, ¹  and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms. ² 

But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. ¹ 

You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent ¹  from Israel, so that it may go well with you.

In this manner you will purge out the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before ¹  the Lord.

Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded ¹  for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!

Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them. ¹ 

Rescue me from the guilt of murder, ¹  O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance. ² 

A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work! A curse on anyone who keeps from carrying out his destruction! ¹ 

מ (Mem) But it happened ¹  due to the sins of her prophets ²  and the iniquities of her priests, who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous.

and the stars in the sky ¹  fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping ²  its unripe figs ³  when shaken by a fierce ⁴  wind.