Lexicon :: Strong's H5355 - nāqî

“Then you will be free from my oath if you go to my family and they do not give her to you ​— ​you will be free from my oath.’

The steward replied, “What you have said is right, but only the one who is found to have it will be my slave, and the rest of you will be blameless.”

“When an ox[fn] gores a man or a woman to death, the ox must be stoned, and its meat may not be eaten, but the ox’s owner is innocent.

“Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.

“and the land is subdued before the LORD ​— ​afterward you may return and be free from obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.

“In this way, innocent blood will not be shed, and you will not become guilty of bloodshed in the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.

“Do not look on him with pity but purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, and you will prosper.

“LORD, wipe away the guilt of your people Israel whom you redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.’ Then the responsibility for bloodshed will be wiped away from them.

“When a man takes a bride, he must not go out with the army or be liable for any duty. He is free to stay at home for one year, so that he can bring joy to the wife he has married.

“‘The one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person is cursed.’

And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’

The men said to her, “We will be free from this oath you made us swear,

“If anyone goes out the doors of your house, his death will be his own fault, and we will be innocent. But if anyone with you in the house should be harmed, his death will be our fault.

“He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason? ”

David heard about it later and said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.

Then the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and my father’s family, and may the king and his throne be innocent.”

Then King Asa gave a command to everyone without exception in Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and the timbers Baasha had built it with. Then King Asa built Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah with them.

Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem with it from one end to another. This was in addition to his sin that he caused Judah to commit, so that they did what was evil in the LORD’s sight.

and also because of all the innocent blood he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was not willing to forgive.

Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent?

Where have the honest[fn] been destroyed?

When catastrophe[fn] brings sudden death,

he mocks the despair of the innocent.

The upright are appalled at this,

and the innocent are roused against the godless.

The righteous see this and rejoice;

the innocent mock them, saying,

He will even rescue the guilty one,

who will be rescued by the purity of your hands.

he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it,

and the innocent will divide up his silver.

He waits in ambush near settlements;

he kills the innocent in secret places.

His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;

who does not lend his silver at interest

or take a bribe against the innocent —

the one who does these things will never be shaken.

The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,

who has not appealed to[fn] what is false,

and who has not sworn deceitfully.

They band together against the life of the righteous

and condemn the innocent to death.

They shed innocent blood —

the blood of their sons and daughters

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

so the land became polluted with blood.

If they say ​— ​“Come with us!

Let’s set an ambush and kill someone.[fn]

Let’s attack some innocent person just for fun![fn]

arrogant eyes, a lying tongue,

hands that shed innocent blood,

Their feet run after evil,

and they rush to shed innocent blood.

Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;

ruin and wretchedness are in their paths.

Moreover, your skirts are stained

with the blood of the innocent poor.

You did not catch them breaking and entering.

But in spite of all these things

if you no longer oppress the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,

“because they have abandoned me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in it to other gods that they, their ancestors, and the kings of Judah have never known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.

“This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor. Don’t exploit or brutalize the resident alien, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

But you have eyes and a heart for nothing

except your own dishonest profit,

shedding innocent blood

and committing extortion and oppression.

“But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its residents, for it is certain the LORD has sent me to speak all these things directly to you.”

Egypt will become desolate,

and Edom a desert wasteland,

because of the violence done to the people of Judah

in whose land they shed innocent blood.

So they called out to the LORD, “Please, LORD, don’t let us perish because of this man’s life, and don’t charge us with innocent blood! For you, LORD, have done just as you pleased.”