Lexicon :: Strong's H5355 - nāqî

“If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox must be stoned and its meat shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be cleared [of responsibility].

“When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out [to fight] with the army nor be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home for one year and shall bring happiness to his wife whom he has taken.

‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to strike down an innocent person.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Moreover, Manasseh shed a very great quantity of innocent blood, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah sin, by doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

“Remember now, who, being innocent, ever perished?

Or where [and in what circumstances] were those upright and in right standing with God destroyed?

“When [His] scourge kills suddenly,

He mocks at the despair of the innocent.

“The upright will be [astonished and] appalled at this,

And the innocent will stir himself up against the godless and polluted.

“The righteous see it and are glad;

And the innocent mock and laugh at them, saying,

“He will even rescue the one [for whom you intercede] who is not innocent;

And he will be rescued through the cleanness of your hands.”

He may prepare it, but the just will wear it

And the innocent will divide the silver.

He lurks in ambush in the villages;

In hiding places he kills the innocent;

He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].

He does not put out his money at interest [to a fellow Israelite],

And does not take a bribe against the innocent.

He who does these things will never be shaken.

He who has clean hands and a pure heart,

Who has not lifted up his soul to what is false,

Nor has sworn [oaths] deceitfully.

They band themselves together against the life of the righteous

And condemn the innocent to death.

And shed innocent blood,

Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,

Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

And the land was polluted with their blood.

If they say, “Come with us;

Let us lie in wait to shed blood,

Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

A proud look [the attitude that makes one overestimate oneself and discount others], a lying tongue,

And hands that shed innocent blood,

Their feet run to evil,

And they rush to shed innocent blood.

Their thoughts are thoughts of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing];

Devastation and destruction are in their highways.

“Also on your skirts is found

The lifeblood of the innocent poor;

You did not find them breaking in [a house].

But in spite of all these things [your disobedience, your love of idolatry, your lack of compassion]—

“But your eyes and your heart

Are only intent on your own dishonest gain,

On shedding innocent blood,

On oppression and extortion and violence.”

Egypt will become a waste,

And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,

Because of their violence against the children of Judah,

In whose land they have shed innocent blood.