Genesis 4:10
New Living Translation
10 But the Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!
Read full chapter
Hebrews 12:24
New Living Translation
24 You have come to Jesus, the one who mediates the new covenant between God and people, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks of forgiveness instead of crying out for vengeance like the blood of Abel.
Read full chapter
Hebrews 11:4
New Living Translation
4 It was by faith that Abel brought a more acceptable offering to God than Cain did. Abel’s offering gave evidence that he was a righteous man, and God showed his approval of his gifts. Although Abel is long dead, he still speaks to us by his example of faith.
Read full chapter
James 5:4
New Living Translation
4 For listen! Hear the cries of the field workers whom you have cheated of their pay. The cries of those who harvest your fields have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
Read full chapter
Isaiah 5:7
New Living Translation
7 The nation of Israel is the vineyard of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
The people of Judah are his pleasant garden.
He expected a crop of justice,
but instead he found oppression.
He expected to find righteousness,
but instead he heard cries of violence.
Psalm 72:14
New Living Translation
14 He will redeem them from oppression and violence,
for their lives are precious to him.
Psalm 9:12
New Living Translation
12 For he who avenges murder cares for the helpless.
He does not ignore the cries of those who suffer.
Numbers 35:33
New Living Translation
33 This will ensure that the land where you live will not be polluted, for murder pollutes the land. And no sacrifice except the execution of the murderer can purify the land from murder.[a]
Read full chapterFootnotes
- 35:33 Or can make atonement for murder.
Revelation 6:9-10
New Living Translation
9 When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of all who had been martyred for the word of God and for being faithful in their testimony. 10 They shouted to the Lord and said, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you judge the people who belong to this world and avenge our blood for what they have done to us?”
Read full chapter
Job 31:38-39
New Living Translation
38 “If my land accuses me
and all its furrows cry out together,
39 or if I have stolen its crops
or murdered its owners,
Job 16:18
New Living Translation
18 “O earth, do not conceal my blood.
Let it cry out on my behalf.
Genesis 9:5
New Living Translation
5 “And I will require the blood of anyone who takes another person’s life. If a wild animal kills a person, it must die. And anyone who murders a fellow human must die.
Read full chapter
Psalm 50:21
New Living Translation
21 While you did all this, I remained silent,
and you thought I didn’t care.
But now I will rebuke you,
listing all my charges against you.
Exodus 3:7
New Living Translation
7 Then the Lord told him, “I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their cries of distress because of their harsh slave drivers. Yes, I am aware of their suffering.
Read full chapter
Job 24:12
New Living Translation
12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
and the wounded cry for help,
yet God ignores their moaning.
2 Kings 9:26
New Living Translation
26 ‘I solemnly swear that I will repay him here on this plot of land, says the Lord, for the murder of Naboth and his sons that I saw yesterday.’ So throw him out on Naboth’s property, just as the Lord said.”
Read full chapter
Joshua 7:19
New Living Translation
19 Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, by telling the truth. Make your confession and tell me what you have done. Don’t hide it from me.”
Read full chapter
Genesis 18:20
New Living Translation
20 So the Lord told Abraham, “I have heard a great outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah, because their sin is so flagrant.
Read full chapter
Genesis 3:13
New Living Translation
13 Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What have you done?”
“The serpent deceived me,” she replied. “That’s why I ate it.”
Read full chapter
Acts 5:9
New Living Translation
9 And Peter said, “How could the two of you even think of conspiring to test the Spirit of the Lord like this? The young men who buried your husband are just outside the door, and they will carry you out, too.”
Read full chapter
Acts 5:3
New Living Translation
3 Then Peter said, “Ananias, why have you let Satan fill your heart? You lied to the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself.
Read full chapterHoly Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.