(Make the chain, ¹  because the land is full of murder ²  and the city is full of violence.)

For I would have committed ¹  a shameful act, ²  an iniquity to be judged. ³ 

If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse ¹  on a tree,

Or these men here ¹  should tell what crime ²  they found me guilty of ³  when I stood before the council, ⁴ 

If a false ¹  witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime, ² 

When his accusers stood up, they did not charge ¹  him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected. ² 

because her sins have piled ¹  up all the way to heaven ²  and God has remembered ³  her crimes. ⁴ 

You ¹  build Zion through bloody crimes, ²  Jerusalem ³  through unjust violence.

But just as Paul was about to speak, ¹  Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, ²  I would have been justified in accepting the complaint ³  of you Jews, ⁴ 

A single witness may not testify ¹  against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established ²  only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

When ¹  a sentence ²  is not executed ³  at once against a crime, ⁴  the human heart ⁵  is encouraged to do evil. ⁶ 

Pilate asked them, “Why? What has he done wrong?” But they shouted more insistently, “Crucify him!”

The one who builds a city by bloodshed is as good as dead ¹  – he who starts ²  a town by unjust deeds.

Jacob became angry ¹  and argued with Laban. “What did I do wrong?” he demanded of Laban. ²  “What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit? ³ 

Then, ¹  if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, ²  the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves. ³ 

Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “What crime have I committed against you, or the officials who serve you, or the people of Judah? What have I done to make you people throw me into prison? ¹ 

The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes!

A third time he said to them, “Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty ¹  of no crime deserving death. ²  I will therefore flog ³  him and release him.”

Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!” ¹ 

Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! ¹  In your anger ²  bring down the nations, ³  O God!