35 Bible Verses about Plea Of Innocence

And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

But Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous person?

Did he not say unto me, She is my sister? And she, even she herself said, He is my brother; in the simplicity of my heart and cleanness of my hands I have done this.

And God said unto him in a dream, Yes, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me; therefore I did not allow thee to touch her.

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the righteous cut off?

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man; neither will he help the evil doers.

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is no one that can deliver out of thy hand.

In my judgment he was a liar, my arrow wound is grievous without my having committed a transgression.

I will wash my hands in innocency, so I will walk near unto thine altar, O LORD:

If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, he shall prove me perverse.

And Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich, I have found riches for myself; no one shall find iniquity in me, nor sin in all my labours.

Ye are witnesses, and God also, of how holy and just and irreprehensible our behaviour was among you that believe,

And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner, the son of Ner.

And I was perfect before him and have kept myself from my iniquity.

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

If I say I am imperfect, I know not my soul; I would condemn my life.

let me be weighed in a just balance, that God may know my integrity.

I am clean without rebellion, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

For Job has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my right.

My God has sent his angel, who shut the lions' mouths, that they do me no evil because before him righteousness was found in me; and even before thee, O king, I have done no corruption.

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean before thine eyes.

But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; ransom me and be merciful unto me.

Thou hast proved my heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast refined me and hast found no iniquity; that which I thought did not pass through my mouth.

Moreover, my father, see; see the skirt of thy robe is even in my hand, for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe and did not kill thee, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou doest hunt my life to take it.

And the woman of Tekoa said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me and on my father's house; and the king and his throne be guiltless.

And two hundred men of Jerusalem went with Absalom, that were invited by him, and they went in their integrity, without knowing anything.

When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person; see ye to it.

concerning zeal, a persecutor of the congregation ; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the principals of the Jews together, and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

Therefore I take you to record this day that I am pure from the blood of everyone.

While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar have I sinned in anything at all.

All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.

For behold this same thing, that when ye were made sorry by God, what carefulness it wrought in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things ye have shown yourselves to be clean in this matter.

Such is the track of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no wickedness.

Yet thou didst say, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou hast said, I did not sin.