He does not lend his money at interest, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. One who does these things will never be shaken.

Also keep Your servant back from presumptuous sins; Let them not rule over me; Then I will be innocent, And I will be blameless of great wrongdoing.

To shoot from concealment at the innocent; Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear.

They band themselves together against the life of the righteous And 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 defiled with the blood.

If they say, “Come with us, Let’s lie in wait for blood, Let’s ambush the innocent without cause;

Who declare the wicked innocent for a bribe, And take away the rights of the ones who are in the right!

Their feet run to evil, And they hurry to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of wrongdoing, Devastation and destruction are in their paths.

Also on your skirts is found The lifeblood of the innocent poor; You did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things,

if you do not oppress the stranger, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor follow other gods to your own ruin,

Since they have abandoned Me and have made this place foreign, and have burned sacrifices in it to other gods that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and since they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent

This is what the Lord says: “Do justice and righteousness, and save one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. And do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city and its inhabitants; for truly the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words so that you hear them.”

Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half of your sins, for you have multiplied your abominations more than they. So you have made your sisters appear innocent by all your abominations which you have committed.

Also, bear your disgrace in that you have made judgment favorable for your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. Yes, be also ashamed and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear innocent.

My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not harmed me, since I was found innocent before Him; and also toward you, O king, I have committed no crime.”

Egypt will become a wasteland, 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 cried out to 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, Lord, have done as You pleased.”

A Hard Road Ahead of Them

“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be as wary as serpents, and as innocent as doves.

Or have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath, and yet are innocent?

But if you had known what this means: ‘I desire compassion, rather than sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You shall see to it yourself!”

Now when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this Man’s blood; you yourselves shall see.”

Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he began praising God, saying, “This man was in fact innocent.”

Therefore, I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all people.