'Justify' in the Bible
"Keep far from a false charge, and don't kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.
If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;
Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.
After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.
But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"
He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.
The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, "In you all the nations will be blessed."