35 Bible Verses about Plea Of Innocence

And they shall declare, and they shall say, 'Our hands did not shed this blood, and our eyes did not see [what was done].

Now Abimelech had not approached her, so he said, "my Lord, will you even kill a righteous people?"

Did not he himself say to me, 'She [is] my sister'? And she herself said, 'He [is] my brother.' With integrity of my heart and with cleanness of my hands I did this."

Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you did this, and I also {kept you from sinning} against me. Therefore, I did not allow you to touch her.

"{Think} now, who has perished [who is] innocent? Or where [are] the upright destroyed?

"Look, God will not reject [the] blameless, and he will not uphold the hand of evildoers.

because of your knowledge that I am not guilty, and there is no escaping from your hand?

Should I lie concerning my justice? [Though I am] without transgression, my wound caused by an arrow is incurable.'

I will wash my hands in innocence, and I will walk about your altar, O Yahweh,

Even though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me; [even though] I [am] blameless, yet it would pronounce me guilty.

And Ephraim said, "Surely, I am rich, I gained wealth for myself; in all my toil they have not found guilt in me that is [sin].

You [are] witnesses, and [so is] God, how devoutly and righteously and blamelessly we became to you who believe,

When David heard this afterwards, he said: "I and my kingdom [are] innocent {before Yahweh} forever [for] the blood of Abner the son of Ner.

I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.

and I was blameless before him, and I kept myself from my guilt.

"I [am] blameless; I do not care about myself; I loathe my life.

let him weigh me in [the] balance of justice, and let God know my blamelessness.

'I [am] clean, without transgression; I [am] pure, and [there is] no guilt in me.

for Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.

My God sent his angel and he shut the mouth of the lions and they did not hurt me, {because} before him {I was found} blameless, and also before you, O king, I have not done [any] wrong."

For you say, 'My teaching [is] pure, and I am clean in your sight.'

But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me and be gracious to me.

You have tried my heart; you have examined [me] by night; you have tested me; you found nothing. I have decided [that] my mouth will not transgress.

Now, my father, see, yes, see, the hem of your robe in my hand! For {when I cut} the hem of your robe I did not kill you. Know and {realize} that there is no evil or rebellion in my hand. I did not sin against you, but you [are] hunting down my life to take it.

The Tekoite woman said to the king, "On me, my lord the king, [is] the guilt, and on the house of my father, but the king on his throne [is] innocent."

Two hundred men from Jerusalem went with Absalom as invited guests, going in their innocence as they did not know anything.

So Pilate, [when he] saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but instead an uproar was developing, took water [and] washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this man. You see to [it]!"

according to zeal persecuting the church, according to the righteousness in the law being blameless.

Now it happened that after three days, he called together those who were the most prominent of the Jews. And [when] they had assembled, he said to them, "Men [and] brothers, [although] I had done nothing against [our] people or the customs of our fathers, from Jerusalem I was delivered [as] a prisoner into the hands of the Romans,

Therefore I testify to you on this very day that I am guiltless of the blood of all [of you],

[while] Paul said in his defense, "Neither against the law of the Jews nor against the temple nor against Caesar have I sinned with reference to anything!"

All [those who] found them have devoured them. And their foes have said, 'We are not guilty, {because} they have sinned against Yahweh, the {true pasture}, even Yahweh, the hope of their ancestors.'

For behold how much diligence this very [thing], being grieved according to [the will of] God, has brought about in you: what defense [of yourselves], what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! In everything you have demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

This is the way of a woman committing adultery: she eats and wipes her mouth, and says "I have not done wrong."

yet you say, 'But I am innocent, surely his anger has turned away from me.' Look, I [am] entering into judgment with you because of your saying, 'I have not sinned.'