'Charges' in the Bible

Then Jacob became incensed and brought charges against Laban. “What is my crime?” he said to Laban. “What is my sin, that you have pursued me?

Here I am. Bring charges against me before the Lord and His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged or mistreated? From whose hand have I taken a bribe to overlook something? I will return it to you.”

If God puts no trust in His servantsand He charges His angels with foolishness,

He breaks through my defenses again and again;He charges at me like a warrior.

He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength;He charges into battle.

He charges ahead with trembling rage;he cannot stand still at the trumpet’s sound.

So if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a case against anyone, the courts are in session, and there are proconsuls. Let them bring charges against one another.

It is they who ought to be here before you to bring charges, if they have anything against me.

When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him and brought many serious charges that they were not able to prove,

Then Festus, wanting to do a favor for the Jews, replied to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem, there to be tried before me on these charges?”

For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner and not to indicate the charges against him.”