Genesis 4:10-11
4:10 But the
Lord said, “What have you done?
The voice
of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!
4:11 So now, you are banished
from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
Numbers 35:32-33
35:32 And you must not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a town of refuge, to allow him to return home and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
35:33 “You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it.
Job 16:18
An Appeal to God as Witness
16:18 “O earth, do not cover my blood,
nor let there be a secret place for my cry.
Ezekiel 24:7-8
24:7 For her blood was in it;
she poured it on an exposed rock;
she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust.
24:8 To arouse anger, to take vengeance,
I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up.
Luke 11:40
11:40 You fools!
Didn’t the one who made the outside make the inside as well?
Revelation 6:9-11
6:9 Now when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.
6:10 They cried out with a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?”
6:11 Each of them was given a long white robe and they were told to rest for a little longer, until the full number was reached of both their fellow servants and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been.
Revelation 16:6
16:6 because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets,
so you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!”
Revelation 18:24
18:24 The blood of the saints and prophets was found in her,
along with the blood of all those who had been killed on the earth.”