Lexicon :: Strong's G121 - athōos

“Then you will be free from my oath if you go to my family and they do not give her to you ​— ​you will be free from my oath.’

“if he can later get up and walk around outside leaning on his staff, then the one who struck him will be exempt from punishment. Nevertheless, he must pay for his lost work time[fn] and provide for his complete recovery.

“When an ox[fn] gores a man or a woman to death, the ox must be stoned, and its meat may not be eaten, but the ox’s owner is innocent.

“Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.

“The priest will require the woman to take an oath and will say to her, ‘If no man has slept with you, if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, be unaffected by this bitter water that brings a curse.

“But if the woman has not defiled herself and is pure, she will be unaffected and will be able to conceive children.

“The husband will be free of guilt, but that woman will bear her iniquity.”

“and the land is subdued before the LORD ​— ​afterward you may return and be free from obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.

“When a man takes a bride, he must not go out with the army or be liable for any duty. He is free to stay at home for one year, so that he can bring joy to the wife he has married.

“‘The one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person is cursed.’

And all the people will say, ‘Amen! ’

The men said to her, “We will be free from this oath you made us swear,

“If anyone goes out the doors of your house, his death will be his own fault, and we will be innocent. But if anyone with you in the house should be harmed, his death will be our fault.

Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless when I harm the Philistines.”

“He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD brought about a great victory for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason? ”

“Now my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live ​— ​it is the LORD who kept you from participating in bloodshed and avenging yourself by your own hand—may your enemies and those who intend to harm my lord be like Nabal.

“there will not be remorse or a troubled conscience for my lord because of needless bloodshed or my lord’s revenge. And when the LORD does good things for my lord, may you remember me your servant.”

David heard about it later and said, “I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.

Then the woman of Tekoa said to the king, “My lord the king, may any blame be on me and my father’s family, and may the king and his throne be innocent.”

“You also know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me and what he did to the two commanders of Israel’s army, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He murdered them in a time of peace to avenge blood shed in war. He spilled that blood on his own waistband and on the sandals of his feet.[fn]

Manasseh also shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem with it from one end to another. This was in addition to his sin that he caused Judah to commit, so that they did what was evil in the LORD’s sight.

and also because of all the innocent blood he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was not willing to forgive.

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

I would still live in terror of all my pains.

I know you will not acquit me.

“if I sin, you would notice,[fn]

and would not acquit me of my iniquity.

The tents of robbers are safe,

and those who trouble God are secure;

God holds them in his hands.[fn]

He will even rescue the guilty one,

who will be rescued by the purity of your hands.

He waits in ambush near settlements;

he kills the innocent in secret places.

His eyes are on the lookout for the helpless;

who does not lend his silver at interest

or take a bribe against the innocent —

the one who does these things will never be shaken.

With the faithful

you prove yourself faithful,

with the blameless

you prove yourself blameless,

The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,

who has not appealed to[fn] what is false,

and who has not sworn deceitfully.

I wash my hands in innocence

and go around your altar, LORD,

Did I purify my heart

and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?

They band together against the life of the righteous

and condemn the innocent to death.

They shed innocent blood —

the blood of their sons and daughters

whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;

so the land became polluted with blood.

Moreover, your skirts are stained

with the blood of the innocent poor.

You did not catch them breaking and entering.

But in spite of all these things

if you no longer oppress the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow and no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods, bringing harm on yourselves,

“because they have abandoned me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in it to other gods that they, their ancestors, and the kings of Judah have never known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.

“This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor. Don’t exploit or brutalize the resident alien, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.

But you have eyes and a heart for nothing

except your own dishonest profit,

shedding innocent blood

and committing extortion and oppression.

“But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its residents, for it is certain the LORD has sent me to speak all these things directly to you.”

And you, my servant Jacob, do not be afraid —

this is the LORD’s declaration —

for I will be with you.

I will bring destruction on all the nations

where I have banished you,

but I will not bring destruction on you.

I will discipline you with justice,

and I will by no means leave you unpunished.