9 Bible Verses about Acquitting The Guilty

Whoso is justifying the wicked, And condemning the righteous, Even both of these are an abomination to Jehovah.

Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

Acceptance of the face of the wicked is not good, To turn aside the righteous in judgment.

They decree against the soul of the righteous, And innocent blood declare wicked.

Whoso is saying to the wicked, 'Thou art righteous,' Peoples execrate him -- nations abhor him.

from a false matter thou dost keep far off, and an innocent and righteous man thou dost not slay; for I do not justify a wicked man.

Do I reckon it pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?

Truly I have known that it is so, And what -- is man righteous with God?

being declared righteous freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God did set forth a mercy seat, through the faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the bygone sins in the forbearance of God -- for the shewing forth of His righteousness in the present time, for His being righteous, and declaring him righteous who is of the faith of Jesus.