Nobody has the freedom to
choose to do what's morally
wrong.
Abe Lincoln
Culpability
Culpability = deserving
blame
There are six things the Lord
hates, seven that are
detestable to him…
hands that shed innocent blood.
Proverbs 6:16, 17
Before the twins were born
or had done anything good
or bad―in order that God’s
purpose in election might
stand…
Romans 9:11
bloodshed pollutes the
land.
Numbers 35:33
land is desecrated by their
blood.
Psalm 106:38
stained with the footprints of
blood.
Hosea 6:8
See, the Lord is coming out of
his dwelling to punish the people
of the earth for their sins. The
earth will disclose the blood
shed upon her; she will conceal
her slain no longer.
Isaiah 26:21
for he who avenges blood
remembers; he does not
ignore the cry of the
afflicted.
Psalm 9:12
The Lord said, What have
you done? Listen! Your
brother’s blood cries out
to me from the ground.
Genesis 4:10-11
They called out in a loud voice,
“How long, Sovereign Lord,
holy and true, until you judge
the inhabitants of the earth
and avenge our blood?”
Revelation 6:9-10
Surely for lifeblood I will demand
a reckoning… for in the image of
God has God made man.
Genesis 9:5-6
Don’t you fear God…
we are punished justly,
for we are getting what
our deeds deserve. But
this man has done
nothing wrong.
Luke 23:41
…returned the thirty silver coins
to the chief priests and the
elders.
“I have sinned,” he said, “for I
have betrayed innocent blood.”
“What is that to us?” they
replied. “That is your
responsibility.” So Judas threw
the money into the temple and
left. Then he went away and hung
himself.
The chief priests picked up the
coins and said, “It is against the
law to put this into the treasury,
since it is blood money.” So they
decided to use the money to buy
the potters field as a burial place
for foreigners. That is why the
field is called the Field of Blood
to this day.
Matthew 27:3ff
When Pilate saw that he was
getting nowhere, but that instead
an uproar was starting, he took
water and washed his hands in
front of the crowd. “I am innocent
of this man’s blood,” he said. “It is
your responsibility.” All the people
answered, “Let his blood be on us
and on our children!”
Matthew 27:24
Lord, do not hold this sin against
them.
Acts 7:60
Then they cried to the Lord,
“O Lord, please do not let us
die for taking this man’s life.
Do not hold us accountable
for killing an innocent man…”
Jonah 1:14
If a man is found slain, lying in a field
in the land the Lord your God is giving
you to possess, and it is not known
who killed him, your elders and judges
shall go out and measure the distance
from the body to the neighboring
towns. Then the elders of the town
nearest the body shall take a heifer
that has never been worked and has
never worn a yoke and lead her down
to a valley that has never been planted
and where there is a flowing stream.
There in the valley they are to break
the heifer’s neck… Then all the elders
of the town nearest the body shall
wash their hands over the heifer whose
neck was broken in the valley, and they
shall declare: “Our hands did not shed
this blood, nor did our eyes see it
done. Accept this atonement for your
people Israel, whom you have
redeemed, O Lord, and do not hold
your people guilty of the blood of an
innocent man.” And the bloodshed will
be atoned for. So you will purge from
yourselves the guilt of shedding
innocent blood…
Deuteronomy 21:1-8
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Son of man, I have made you a
watchman for the house of Israel; so
hear the word I speak and give them
a warning from me. “When I say to a
wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and
you do not warn him or speak out to
dissuade him from his evil ways in
order to save his life, that wicked
man will die for his sin, and I will hold
you accountable for his blood.”
Ezekiel 3:17-18
…if the watchman sees the sword
coming and does not blow the
trumpet to warn the people and
the sword comes and takes the
life of one of them, that man will
be taken away because of his sin,
but I will hold the watchman
accountable for his blood.
Ezekiel 33:6
we have fellowship
with darkness if we
don’t expose it.
Ephesians 5:11
Man holding up Skoal pic
When he reached home, he took a knife
and cut her up limb by limb, into
twelve parts and sent them into all the
areas of Israel. And he ordered the
men he sent out, “Say to every man in
Israel: ‘Has such a thing as this ever
happened from the time the Israelites
came up from the land of Egypt until
now? Think about it! Talk it over. Do
something!’”
Judges 19:30
Jesus on the cross
When you spread out your
hands in prayer, I will hide
my eyes from you; even if
you offer up many prayers,
I will not listen. Your hands
are full of blood; wash and
make yourselves clean…
Isaiah 1:15-16
Save me from bloodguilt, O God…
Psalm 51:14
Rescue those being led away to
death; hold back those staggering
toward slaughter. If you say,
“But we knew nothing about
this,” does not he who weighs
the heart perceive it? Does not
he who guards your life know it?
Will he not repay each person
according to what he has done?
Proverbs 24:11-12