Davidsaidto him, "Your bloodis on your head,for your mouthhas testifiedagainst you, saying,'I have killedthe LORD'Sanointed.'"
"So I stoodbesidehim and killedhim, becauseI knewthat he could not liveafterhe had fallen.And I tookthe crownwhich[was] on his headand the braceletwhich[was] on his arm,and I have broughtthem hereto my lord."
"The LORDhas returnedupon you allthe bloodshedof the houseof Saul,in whoseplaceyou have reigned;and the LORDhas giventhe kingdominto the handof your sonAbsalom.And behold,you are [taken] in your own evil,for you are a manof bloodshed!"
"For on the dayyou goout and crossoverthe brookKidron,you will knowfor certainthat you shall surelydie;your bloodshall be on your own head."
"Your own mouthcondemnsyou, and not I; And your own lipstestifyagainst you.
[If] you have been snaredwith the wordsof your mouth,Have been caughtwith the wordsof your mouth,
he lends[money] on interestand takesincrease;will he live?He will not live!He has committedalltheseabominations,he will surelybe putto death;his bloodwill be on his own head.
He heardthe soundof the trumpetbut did not takewarning;his bloodwill be on himself. But had he takenwarning,he would have deliveredhis life.
If [there is] a womanwhoapproachesanyanimalto matewith it, you shall killthe womanand the animal;they shall surelybe putto death.Their bloodguiltinessis upon them.
Now a manora womanwho is a mediumora spiritistshall surelybe putto death.They shall be stonedwith stones,their bloodguiltinessis upon them.'"
If[there is] anyonewhocurseshis fatheror his mother,he shall surelybe putto death;he has cursedhis fatheror his mother,his bloodguiltinessis upon him.
And allthe peoplesaid,"His bloodshall be on us and on our children!"
"He saidto him, 'By your own wordsI will judgeyou, you worthlessslave.Did you knowthat I aman exactingman,takingup whatI did not lay downand reapingwhatI did not sow?
But when they resistedand blasphemed,he shookout his garmentsand saidto them, "Your blood[be] on your own heads!I am clean.From nowon I will goto the Gentiles."
"Therefore,I testifyto you thisdaythat I aminnocentof the bloodof all men.
Nowwe knowthat whateverthe Lawsays,it speaksto thosewho are underthe Law,sothat everymouthmay be closedand allthe worldmay becomeaccountableto God;
"So innocentbloodwill not be shedin the midstof your landwhichthe LORDyour Godgivesyou as an inheritance,and bloodguiltinessbe on you.
"It shall comeabout that anyonewhogoesout of the doorsof your houseinto the street,his blood[shall be] on his own head,and we [shall be] free;but anyonewhois with you in the house,his blood[shall be] on our headifa handis [laid] on him.
so that the violencedone to the seventysonsof Jerubbaalmight come,and their bloodmight be laidon Abimelechtheir brother,whokilledthem, and on the menof Shechem,whostrengthenedhis handsto killhis brothers.
When Davidheardthat Nabalwas dead,he said,"Blessedbe the LORD,whohas pleadedthe causeof my reproachfrom the handof Nabaland has keptbackHis servantfrom evil.The LORDhas also returnedthe evildoingof Nabalon his own head."Then Davidsenta proposalto Abigail,to takeher as his wife.
But Davidsaidto Abishai,"Do not destroyhim, for whocan stretchout his handagainst the LORD'Sanointedand be withoutguilt?"
