Jeremiah 26:15

Easy To Read Version

But if you kill me, be sure of one thing. You will be guilty of killing an innocent person. You will make this city and everyone that lives in it guilty, too. The Lord really did send me to you. The message you heard really is from the Lord.”

Cross References

Genesis 4:10

Then the Lord said, “What have you done? {You killed your brother!} His blood is like a voice shouting to me from the ground.

Genesis 42:22

Then Reuben said to them, “I told you not to do anything bad to that boy. But you refused to listen to me. So now we are being punished for his death.”

2 Kings 24:4

The Lord did this because Manasseh killed many innocent people. Manasseh had filled Jerusalem with their blood. And the Lord would not forgive {those sins}.

2 Chronicles 24:22

Joash the king didn’t remember Jehoiada’s kindness to him. Jehoiada was Zechariah’s father. But Joash killed Zechariah, Jehoiada’s son. Before Zechariah died, he said, “May the Lord see what you are doing and punish you!”

Proverbs 6:16

The Lord hates these six, no seven, things:\par

Proverbs 6:17

eyes that show a man is proud,\par tongues that tells lies,\par hands that kill innocent people,\par

Jeremiah 2:30

“I punished you people of Judah,\par but it did not help.\par You did not come back when you were punished.\par You killed with your swords the prophets that came to you.\par You were like a dangerous lion and you killed the prophets.”\par

Jeremiah 2:34

You have blood on your hands!\par It is the blood of the poor, innocent people.\par You did not catch those people\par breaking into your house!\par You killed them for no reason!\par

Jeremiah 22:17

“Jehoiakim, your eyes look\par only for what benefits yourself.\par You are always thinking about\par getting more for yourself.\par You are willing to kill innocent people.\par You are willing to steal things\par from other people.”\par

Jeremiah 22:3

The Lord says: Do the things that are fair and right. Protect the person that has been robbed from the person that robbed him. Don’t hurt or do anything wrong to orphans {\cf2\super [171]} or widows. {\cf2\super [172]} Don’t kill innocent people.

Jeremiah 26:12

Then Jeremiah spoke to all the rulers of Judah and all the other people. He said, “The Lord sent me to say these things about this temple and this city. Everything that you have heard is from the Lord.

Jeremiah 30:1

This is the message that came to Jeremiah from the Lord.

Jeremiah 7:6

You must be fair to strangers. You must do the right things for widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [54]} Don’t kill innocent people! Don’t follow other gods! Why? Because they will ruin your lives.

Numbers 35:33

“Don’t let your land be ruined with innocent blood. If a person murders someone, then the only payment for that crime is that the murderer must be killed! There is no other payment that will free the land from that crime.

Matthew 26:25

Then Judas said to Jesus, “Teacher, surely I will not be against you!” (Judas is the one that would give Jesus to his enemies.)

Matthew 26:4

In the meeting, they tried to find a way to arrest Jesus without the people seeing it. They planned to arrest Jesus and kill him.

Deuteronomy 19:10

Then innocent people will not be killed in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. And you will not be guilty for any deaths.

Revelation 16:6

The people have spilled the blood\par of your holy people {\cf2\super [118]} \par and your prophets. {\cf2\super [119]} \par Now you have given those people\par blood to drink.\par This is what they deserve.”\par