So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” referring to the circumcision.)

Deliver me from evildoers! Rescue me from violent men!

If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men!

Bloodthirsty people hate someone with integrity; as for the upright, they seek his life.

“If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him.

You destroy liars; the Lord despises violent and deceitful people.

For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help

Do not sweep me away with sinners, or execute me along with violent people,

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

Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed! She is full of lies; she is filled with plunder; she has hoarded her spoil!

But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off the foreskin of her son and touched it to Moses’ feet, and said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me.”

If the sun has risen on him, then there is blood guilt for him. A thief must surely make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he will be sold for his theft.

You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.

If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it.

The Philistines gathered their troops for battle. They assembled at Socoh in Judah. They camped in Ephes Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah.

But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.

The Lord has punished you for all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!”

He was with David in Pas Dammim when the Philistines assembled there for battle. In an area of the field that was full of barley, the army retreated before the Philistines,

But the Lord said to me: ‘You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me.