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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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

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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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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