Quotes about Innocence
Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”
— 1 Samuel 22:15
And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
— 1 Samuel 26:18
Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
— Job 3:16
Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
— Job 4:7
For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
— Job 9:15
Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
— Job 13:19
yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
— Job 16:17
They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
— Job 21:11
He will deliver even one who is not innocent, rescuing him through the cleanness of your hands.”
— Job 22:30
‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
— Job 33:9
I wash my hands in innocence that I may go about Your altar, O LORD,
— Psalm 26:6
Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
— Psalm 35:11