35 Bible Verses about Plea Of Innocence

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

But Abimelech had not yet come nigh her, and therefore said, "LORD, wilt thou slay righteous people?

Said not he unto me, that she was his sister? Yea, and said not she herself that he was her brother? With a pure heart and innocent hands have I done this!"

And God said unto him in a dream, "I know it well that thou didst it in the pureness of thy heart: And therefore I kept thee that thou shouldest not sin against me, neither suffered I thee to come nigh her.

"Consider, I pray thee: who ever perished being an innocent? Or, when were the godly destroyed?

"Behold, God will not cast away a virtuous man, neither will he help the ungodly.

Whereas, notwithstanding, thou knowest that I am no wicked person, and that there is no man able to deliver me out of thine hand.

I must needs be a liar, though my cause be right, and violently am I plagued whereas I made no fault.'

I wash my hands with innocency, O LORD, and so will I go to thine altar,

If I will justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me; if I will put forth my self for a perfect man, he shall prove me a wicked doer.

Ephraim thinketh thus, "Tush, I am rich, I have good enough: In all my works shall not one fault be found, that I have offended."

Ye are witnesses, and so is God, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:

And when it afterward came to David's ear, he said, "I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD forever, concerning the blood of Abner the son of Ner.

But was pure unto him ward, and kept myself from wickedness.

I was also uncorrupt before him, and eschewed my own wickedness. {TYNDALE: But was pure unto him ward, and kept myself from wickedness.}

For though I be an innocent, and my conscience clear, yea am I weary of my life.

let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may see my innocence.

'I am clean without any fault, I am innocent, and there is no wickedness in me.

And why? Job hath said, 'I am righteous, but God doth me wrong.'

My God hath sent his angel, which hath shut the lions' mouths, so that they might not hurt me. For why? Mine unguiltiness is found out before him. And as for thee, O king, I never offended thee."

Wilt thou say unto God, 'The thing that I take in hand is perfect, and I am clean in thy sight'?

But as for me, I will walk innocently: O deliver me, and be merciful unto me.

Thou hast proved and visited mine heart in the night season; thou hast tried me, and shalt find no wickedness in me, for I am utterly purposed that my mouth shall not offend.

And moreover my father, see yet the tip of thy coat in my hand. And inasmuch as I killed thee not too, when I cut off the tip of thy coat; understand and see that there is neither evil nor rebelliousness in me, and that I have not sinned against thee. And yet thou huntest after my soul to take it.

And the woman of Tekoa said unto the king, "My lord king, the trespass be on me and on my father's house, and the king and his seat be guiltless."

And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem that were called. And they went with pure hearts and knew nothing of the matter.

When Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but that more business was made, he took water and washed his hands before the people saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person: see ye thereto."

and as concerning ferventness I persecuted the congregation, and as touching the righteousness which is in the law, I was unrebukable.

And it fortuned, after three days, that Paul called the chief of the Jews together. And when they were come, he said unto them, "Men and brethren, though I have committed no thing against the people, or laws of our fathers: yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

Wherefore I take you to record this same day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.

as long as he answered for himself, that he had neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar offended anything at all.

All they that came upon them, have devoured them: and their enemies said, 'We have made no fault against them, for they have displeased the LORD, yea even the LORD which is the beauty of their righteousness, and that defended their fathers.'

Behold what diligence this godly sorrow that ye took hath wrought in you: yea it caused you to clear yourselves. It caused indignation, it caused fear, it caused desire, it caused a fervent mind, it caused punishment. For in all things ye have showed yourselves that ye were clear in that matter.

Such is the way also of a wife that breaketh wedlock, which wipeth her mouth like as when she hath eaten, and sayeth, "As for me, I have done no harm."

Yet darest thou say, 'I am guiltless: Tush, his wrath cannot come upon me.' Behold, I will reason with thee because thou darest say, 'I have not offended.'