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Now Abimelek had not gone near her, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?
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Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.
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“Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
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The husband will be innocent of any wrongdoing, but the woman will bear the consequences of her sin.’”
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Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent.
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Do this so that innocent blood will not be shed in your land, which the Lord your God is giving you as your inheritance, and so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.
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Show no pity. You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, so that it may go well with you.
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Accept this atonement for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, Lord, and do not hold your people guilty of the blood of an innocent person.” Then the bloodshed will be atoned for,
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and you will have purged from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the Lord.
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When people have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges will decide the case, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty.
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“Cursed is anyone who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
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He took his life in his hands when he killed the Philistine. The Lord won a great victory for all Israel, and you saw it and were glad. Why then would you do wrong to an innocent man like David by killing him for no reason?”
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Later, when David heard about this, he said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the Lord concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.
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How much more—when wicked men have killed an innocent man in his own house and on his own bed—should I not now demand his blood from your hand and rid the earth of you!”
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Two hundred men from Jerusalem had accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and went quite innocently, knowing nothing about the matter.
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But now, do not consider him innocent. You are a man of wisdom; you will know what to do to him. Bring his gray head down to the grave in blood.”
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Then the king commanded Benaiah, “Do as he says. Strike him down and bury him, and so clear me and my whole family of the guilt of the innocent blood that Joab shed.
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then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.
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The next morning Jehu went out. He stood before all the people and said, “You are innocent. It was I who conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these?
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Moreover, Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end—besides the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, so that they did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
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including the shedding of innocent blood. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.
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then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty and bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.
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“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?
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Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.
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Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.
