9 Bible Verses about Acquitting The Guilty
Most Relevant Verses
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just—
both are detestable to the Lord.
It is not good to show partiality to the guilty
by perverting the justice due the innocent.
They band together against the life of the righteous
and condemn the innocent to death.
Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent”—
people will curse him, and tribes will denounce him;
Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.
Yes, I know what you’ve said is true,
but how can a person be justified before God?
They are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. God presented Him as a propitiation through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God passed over the sins previously committed. God presented Him to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be righteous and declare righteous the one who has faith in Jesus.
