34 Bible Verses about Plea Of Innocence

Will say, This death is not the work of our hands and our eyes have not seen it.

Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, Lord, will you put to death an upright nation?

Did he not say to me himself, She is my sister? and she herself said, He is my brother: with an upright heart and clean hands have I done this.

And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.

Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?

Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand.

Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?

Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.

I will make my hands clean from sin; so will I go round your altar, O Lord;

Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

And Ephraim said, Now I have got wealth and much property; in all my works no sin may be seen in me.

You are witnesses, with God, how holy and upright and free from all evil was our way of life among you who have faith;

And when David had word of it he said, May I and my kingdom be clear for ever in the eyes of the Lord from the blood of Abner, the son of Ner:

And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

And I was upright before him, and I kept myself from sin.

I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.

(Let me be measured in upright scales, and let God see my righteousness:)

I am clean, without sin; I am washed, and there is no evil in me:

For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;

My God has sent his angel to keep the lions' mouths shut, and they have done me no damage: because I was seen to be without sin before him; and further, before you, O King, I have done no wrong.

You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

But as for me, I will go on in my upright ways: be my saviour, and have mercy on me.

And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it.

And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, My lord, O king, may the sin be on me and on my family, and may the king and the seat of his kingdom be clear of sin!

And with Absalom, at his request, went two hundred men from Jerusalem, who were completely unconscious of his designs.

So when Pilate saw that he was able to do nothing, but that trouble was working up, he took water and, washing his hands before the people, said, The blood of this upright man is not on my hands: you are responsible.

In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.

Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.

And so I say to you this day that I am clean from the blood of all men.

Then Paul, in his answer to them, said, I have done no wrong against the law of the Jews, or against the Temple, or against Caesar.

They have been attacked by all those who came across them: and their attackers said, We are doing no wrong, because they have done evil against the Lord in whom is righteousness, against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.

For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.

This is the way of a false wife; she takes food, and, cleaning her mouth, says, I have done no wrong.

And still you said, I have done no wrong; truly, his wrath is turned away from me. See, I will take up the cause against you, because you say, I have done no wrong.