9 Bible Verses about Acquitting The Guilty
Most Relevant Verses
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous,
Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
Who justify the wicked for a bribe,
And take away the rights of the ones who are in the right!
To show partiality to the wicked is not good,
Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.
They band themselves together against the life of the righteous
And condemn the innocent to death.
He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
Peoples will curse him, nations will abhor him;
Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.
“In truth I know that this is so;
But how can a man be in the right before God?
being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
