Genesis 19:4

¹³Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against the LORD.

¹⁶For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

²⁰The LORD said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

²“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.

²⁰Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes to ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. ²¹But the governor answered them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They said, “Barabbas!”

²²Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do to Jesus who is called Christ?” They all said to him, “Let him be crucified!”

²³But the governor said, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, saying, “Let him be crucified!”

²⁴So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”

²⁵All the people answered, “May his blood be on us and on our children!”

³Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe. The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.

²The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;

³¹The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?

¹⁵“Their feet are swift to shed blood.

¹⁸a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,