'Innocent' in the Bible
So he said, “Now let it also be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and the rest of you shall be innocent.”
Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty.
So innocent blood will not be shed in the midst of your land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, and bloodguiltiness be on you.
You shall not pity him, but you shall purge the blood of the innocent from Israel, that it may go well with you.
Forgive Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, O Lord, and do not place the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel.’ And the bloodguiltiness shall be forgiven them.
So you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.
‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to strike down an innocent person.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
For he took his life in his hand and struck the Philistine, and the Lord brought about a great deliverance for all Israel; you saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death without a cause?”
Afterward when David heard it, he said, “I and my kingdom are innocent before the Lord forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.
Now in the morning he went out and stood and said to all the people, “You are innocent; behold, I conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these?
Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the Lord.
and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the Lord would not forgive.
“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent?Or where were the upright destroyed?
“If the scourge kills suddenly,He mocks the despair of the innocent.
“For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure,And I am innocent in your eyes.’
“The upright will be appalled at this,And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.
“He will deliver one who is not innocent,And he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”
He may prepare it, but the just will wear itAnd the innocent will divide the silver.
‘I am pure, without transgression;I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.
He sits in the lurking places of the villages;In the hiding places he kills the innocent;His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate.
He does not put out his money at interest,Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent.He who does these things will never be shaken.
They band themselves together against the life of the righteousAnd condemn the innocent to death.
And shed innocent blood,The blood of their sons and their daughters,Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;And the land was polluted with the blood.
If they say, “Come with us,Let us lie in wait for blood,Let us ambush the innocent without cause;
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,And hands that shed innocent blood,
Their feet run to evil,And they hasten to shed innocent blood;Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity,Devastation and destruction are in their highways.
“Also on your skirts is foundThe lifeblood of the innocent poor;You did not find them breaking in.But in spite of all these things,
Yet you said, ‘I am innocent;Surely His anger is turned away from me.’Behold, I will enter into judgment with youBecause you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin,
Because they have forsaken Me and have made this an alien place and have burned sacrifices in it to other gods, that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and because they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent
Thus says the Lord, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.
“But your eyes and your heartAre intent only upon your own dishonest gain,And on shedding innocent bloodAnd on practicing oppression and extortion.”
Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city and on its inhabitants; for truly the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing.”
My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths and they have not harmed me, inasmuch as I was found innocent before Him; and also toward you, O king, I have committed no crime.”
Egypt will become a waste,And Edom will become a desolate wilderness,Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah,In whose land they have shed innocent blood.
Then they called on the Lord and said, “We earnestly pray, O Lord, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life and do not put innocent blood on us; for You, O Lord, have done as You have pleased.”