9 Bible Verses about Acquitting The Guilty
Most Relevant Verses
The LORD hateth as well him that justifieth the ungodly, as him that condemneth the innocent.
These give sentence with the ungodly for rewards, but condemn the just cause of the righteous.
It is not good to regard the person of the ungodly, or to put back the righteous in judgment.
They gather them together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
He that sayeth unto the ungodly, "Thou art righteous," him shall the people curse; yea, the commonality shall abhor him.
"Keep thee far from a false matter, and the Innocent and righteous see thou slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.
"I know it is so of a truth: for how may a man, compared unto God, be justified?
but are justified freely by his grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus - whom God hath set forth for a mercy seat through faith in his blood, to show the righteousness which before him is of valour, in that he forgiveth the sins that are passed, which God did suffer to show at this time: the righteousness that is allowed of him, that he might be counted just, and a justifier of him which believeth on Jesus.
