10 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.(A)

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10 Do this so that innocent blood(A) will not be shed in your land, which the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance, and so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.(B)

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16 because their feet run toward trouble
and they hurry to commit murder.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 1:16 Lit to shed blood

16 for their feet rush into evil,(A)
    they are swift to shed blood.(B)

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15 When you lift up your hands in prayer,(A)
I will refuse to look at you;
even if you offer countless prayers,
I will not listen.(B)
Your hands are covered with blood.(C)

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15 When you spread out your hands(A) in prayer,
    I hide(B) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
    I am not listening.(C)

Your hands(D) are full of blood!(E)

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Their feet run after evil,(A)
and they rush to shed innocent blood.(B)
Their thoughts are sinful thoughts;(C)
ruin and wretchedness are in their paths.

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Their feet rush into sin;
    they are swift to shed innocent blood.(A)
They pursue evil schemes;(B)
    acts of violence mark their ways.(C)

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