haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 6:17 · WEBKJVRead the whole chapter →
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Proverbs lists hands that shed innocent blood among the things Yahweh hates, the same charge the psalm brings against Israel.
“They shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted with blood.And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.”