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It is a condition of innocence and purity, where an individual is not held accountable for wrongdoing. The concept of being guiltless is significant in understanding God's justice, mercy, and the moral expectations placed upon humanity.<br><br><b>Old Testament Context</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word often translated as "guiltless" is "naqiy" (נָקִי), which conveys the idea of being clean or free from guilt. This term is frequently used in legal contexts, particularly in the Mosaic Law, to describe individuals who are not liable for punishment due to a lack of evidence or wrongdoing.<br><br>For example, in <a href="/exodus/23-7.htm">Exodus 23:7</a>, God commands, "Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, for I will not acquit the guilty." Here, the distinction between the innocent (guiltless) and the guilty is emphasized, underscoring God's commitment to justice.<br><br>In <a href="/deuteronomy/19-10.htm">Deuteronomy 19:10</a>, the law concerning cities of refuge is given to prevent the shedding of innocent blood: "Thus innocent blood will not be shed in your land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you will not be guilty of bloodshed." The provision of cities of refuge illustrates God's concern for protecting the guiltless from unjust retribution.<br><br><b>New Testament Context</b><br><br>In the New Testament, the Greek word "anaitios" (ἀναίτιος) is used to describe someone who is guiltless or blameless. This concept is central to the teachings of Jesus and the apostles, particularly in relation to the forgiveness of sins and the righteousness imparted through faith in Christ.<br><br>In <a href="/matthew/12-7.htm">Matthew 12:7</a>, Jesus refers to the guiltless in the context of mercy over sacrifice: "If only you had known the meaning of 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent." Here, Jesus challenges the Pharisees' legalistic interpretation of the law, highlighting the importance of mercy and compassion.<br><br>The Apostle Paul, in his epistles, often speaks of believers being justified and made guiltless through faith in Jesus Christ. In <a href="/romans/8.htm">Romans 8:1</a>, he declares, "Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus." This assurance of being guiltless before God is foundational to the Christian understanding of salvation and grace.<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b><br><br>The state of being guiltless is not merely a legal standing but also a moral and spiritual condition. In the biblical narrative, humanity's guilt before God is a result of sin, and the path to becoming guiltless is through repentance and faith. The sacrificial system in the Old Testament foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, whose atoning death and resurrection provide the means for believers to be declared guiltless.<br><br>The concept of guiltlessness also emphasizes God's character as just and merciful. While God does not acquit the guilty without repentance, He provides a way for sinners to be cleansed and made righteous. This dual aspect of justice and mercy is central to the biblical portrayal of God's dealings with humanity.<br><br><b>Practical Application</b><br><br>For believers, the call to live guiltless lives involves both a reliance on God's grace and a commitment to ethical living. Christians are encouraged to seek forgiveness for their sins and to strive for holiness, reflecting the character of Christ in their actions and relationships. The assurance of being guiltless before God empowers believers to live with confidence and hope, knowing that their ultimate standing is secure in Christ.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>a.</I>) Free from guilt; innocent.<p>2. (<I>a.</I>) Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">GUILTLESS</span><p>gilt'-les: The primary meaning of the Hebrew word is "to be clean." Sometimes the meaning is "freedom from blame," at other times to be "free from punishment," these two ideas running over into each other as with the word "guilt." The latter meaning seems to predominate in <a href="/exodus/20-7.htm">Exodus 20:7</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-11.htm">Deuteronomy 5:11</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-9.htm">2 Samuel 14:9</a>; <a href="/1_kings/2-9.htm">1 Kings 2:9</a>. The other meaning holds in <a href="/numbers/32-22.htm">Numbers 32:22</a> <a href="/joshua/2-19.htm">Joshua 2:19</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-28.htm">2 Samuel 3:28</a>; <a href="/matthew/12-5.htm">Matthew 12:5, 7</a>.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/338.htm"><span class="l">338. anaitios -- <b>guiltless</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>guiltless</b>. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: anaitios Phonetic Spelling:<br> (an-ah'-ee-tee-os) Short Definition: <b>guiltless</b> Definition: <b>guiltless</b>, innocent <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/338.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/121.htm"><span class="l">121. athoos -- unpunished</span></a> <br><b>...</b> unpunished. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: athoos Phonetic Spelling:<br> (ath'-o-os) Short Definition: <b>guiltless</b> Definition: (sometimes: unpunished <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/121.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2513.htm"><span class="l">2513. katharos -- clean (adjective)</span></a> <br><b>...</b> os') Short Definition: clean, pure, unstained Definition: clean, pure, unstained,<br> either literally or ceremonially or spiritually; <b>guiltless</b>, innocent, upright <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2513.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5355.htm"><span class="l">5355. naqiy -- clean, free from, exempt</span></a><br><b>...</b> Spelling: (naw-kee') Short Definition: blameless. blameless, clean, clear, exempted,<br> free, <b>guiltless</b>, innocent Or naqiyi (Joel 'eb: 'ibchah <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5355.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8535.htm"><span class="l">8535. tam -- complete</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from tamam Definition complete NASB Word Usage blameless (5), blameless<br> man (1), complete (2), <b>guiltless</b> (3), integrity (1), peaceful (1), perfect <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8535.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5352.htm"><span class="l">5352. naqah -- to be empty or clean</span></a><br><b>...</b> be bare, ie Extirpated -- acquit X at all, X altogether, be blameless, cleanse,<br> (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) <b>guiltless</b>, be (hold <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5352.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5355a.htm"><span class="l">5355a. naqi -- clean, free from, exempt</span></a><br><b>...</b> naqah Definition clean, free from, exempt NASB Word Usage clean (1), exempt (1),<br> free (5), free of obligation (1), go unpunished (1), <b>guiltless</b> (1), innocent <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5355a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/xviii_guiltless_and_without_sin.htm"><span class="l"><b>Guiltless</b> and Without Sin.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Fifth Chapter. THE INCARNATION OF THE WORD. XVIII. <b>Guiltless</b> and Without Sin.<br> "For such an High Priest became us, who is holy, harmless <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xviii guiltless and without sin.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_7_1861/none_but_jesussecond_part.htm"><span class="l">None but Jesus --Second Part</span></a> <br><b>...</b> You are not only nominally <b>guiltless</b>, but you are really so, if you believe in Christ;<br> you are not only nominally put into the place of the innocent, but you <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/none but jesussecond part.htm</font><p><a href="/library/watson/the_ten_commandments/2_3_the_third_commandment.htm"><span class="l">The Third Commandment</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: For the Lord will not<br> hold him <b>guiltless</b> that taketh his name in vain.' Exodus 20:7. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../watson/the ten commandments/2 3 the third commandment.htm</font><p><a href="/library/moody/weighed_and_wanting/third_commandment.htm"><span class="l">Third Commandment</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Third Commandment. "Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for<br> the Lord will not hold him <b>guiltless</b> that taketh His name in vain." <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/moody/weighed and wanting/third commandment.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/the_pharisees_sabbath_and_christs.htm"><span class="l">The Pharisees' Sabbath and Christ's</span></a> <br><b>...</b> is one greater than the temple.7. But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will<br> have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the <b>guiltless</b>.8. For <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the pharisees sabbath and christs.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chrysostom/homilies_on_the_gospel_of_saint_matthew/homily_xxxix_matt_xii_1.htm"><span class="l">Matt. xii. 1</span></a> <br><b>...</b> "But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have [1661] mercy and not sacrifice,<br> ye would not have condemned the <b>guiltless</b>." [1662]. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chrysostom/homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily xxxix matt xii 1.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_teaching_of_the_twelve_apostles/chapter_i_the_two_ways_the.htm"><span class="l">The Two Ways; the First Commandment.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> [2385] Happy is he that giveth according to the commandment; for he is<br> <b>guiltless</b>. Woe to him that receiveth; for if one having need <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../various/the teaching of the twelve apostles/chapter i the two ways the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/richardson/early_christian_fathers/the_teaching_of_the_twelve.htm"><span class="l">The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, Commonly Called the Didache</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Happy is the man who gives as the commandment bids him, for he is <b>guiltless</b>! <b>...</b><br> If he receives because he is in need, he will be <b>guiltless</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../richardson/early christian fathers/the teaching of the twelve.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/apology/chapter_iii_what_are_we.htm"><span class="l">What are we to Think of It, that Most People So Blindly Knock <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> You hate, therefore, in the <b>guiltless</b>, even a <b>guiltless</b> name. But the special ground<br> of dislike to the sect is, that it bears the name of its Founder. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/apology/chapter iii what are we.htm</font><p><a href="/library/barton/his_life/plucking_grain_on_the_sabbath.htm"><span class="l">Plucking Grain on the Sabbath.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> priests? Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests<br> in the temple profane the sabbath, and are <b>guiltless</b>? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/barton/his life/plucking grain on the sabbath.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/g/guiltless.htm"><span class="l"><b>Guiltless</b> (29 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (a.) Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with). Int. Standard Bible<br> Encyclopedia. <b>GUILTLESS</b>. <b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Guiltless</b> (29 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/guiltless.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/unpunished.htm"><span class="l">Unpunished (24 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEY). Exodus 20:7 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for<br> Yahweh will not hold him <b>guiltless</b> who takes his name in vain. (See NAS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/unpunished.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/innocent.htm"><span class="l">Innocent (97 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> innocent medicine or remedy. 2. (a.) Morally free from guilt; <b>guiltless</b>;<br> not tainted with sin; pure; upright. 3. (a.) Free from <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/innocent.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/uttereth.htm"><span class="l">Uttereth (30 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Exodus 20:7 Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah thy God; for Jehovah<br> will not hold him <b>guiltless</b> that idly uttereth his name. (DBY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/uttereth.htm - 14k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/idly.htm"><span class="l">Idly (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Idly (4 Occurrences). Exodus 20:7 Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah<br> thy God; for Jehovah will not hold him <b>guiltless</b> that idly uttereth his name. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/idly.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/misuses.htm"><span class="l">Misuses (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Misuses (2 Occurrences). Exodus 20:7 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your<br> God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him <b>guiltless</b> who takes his name in vain. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/misuses.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/blameless.htm"><span class="l">Blameless (81 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Free from blame; without fault; innocent; <b>guiltless</b>;<br> -- sometimes followed by of. Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/blameless.htm - 27k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/utter.htm"><span class="l">Utter (111 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEY). Exodus 20:7 Thou shalt not idly utter the name of Jehovah thy God; for Jehovah<br> will not hold him <b>guiltless</b> that idly uttereth his name. (DBY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/utter.htm - 35k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/guiltiness.htm"><span class="l">Guiltiness (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/guiltiness.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/vain.htm"><span class="l">Vain (141 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (KJV DBY WBS). Exodus 20:7 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain,<br> for Yahweh will not hold him <b>guiltless</b> who takes his name in vain. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/vain.htm - 36k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/OMG.html">Is saying 'OMG' or words like geez still taking the Lord's name in vain? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/meaning-of-Hashem.html">What is the meaning of Hashem? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-became-sin.html">What does it mean that Jesus became sin for us (2 Corinthians 5:21)? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/guiltless.htm">Guiltless: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Guiltless (29 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/12-5.htm">Matthew 12:5</a></span><br />Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day, the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span>?<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/12-7.htm">Matthew 12:7</a></span><br />But if you had known what this means,'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/27-4.htm">Matthew 27:4</a></span><br />saying, I have sinned in having delivered up <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span> blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/27-24.htm">Matthew 27:24</a></span><br />And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span> of the blood of this righteous one: see ye to it.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-8.htm">1 Corinthians 1:8</a></span><br />who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-11.htm">2 Corinthians 7:11</a></span><br />For behold, this same thing, that you were made sorry in a godly way, what earnest care it worked in you. Yes, what defense, indignation, fear, longing, zeal, and vengeance! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/7-26.htm">Hebrews 7:26</a></span><br />For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span>, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;<br /><span class="source">(WEB)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/20-7.htm">Exodus 20:7</a></span><br />"You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span> who takes his name in vain.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/21-19.htm">Exodus 21:19</a></span><br />if he rise, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that struck him be <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span>; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/21-28.htm">Exodus 21:28</a></span><br />And if an ox gore a man or a woman, so that they die, then the ox shall certainly be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span>.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/5-31.htm">Numbers 5:31</a></span><br />Then shall the man be <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span> from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/numbers/32-22.htm">Numbers 32:22</a></span><br />and the land is subdued before Yahweh; then afterward you shall return, and be <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span> towards Yahweh, and towards Israel; and this land shall be to you for a possession before Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-11.htm">Deuteronomy 5:11</a></span><br />"You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain: for Yahweh will not hold him <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span> who takes his name in vain. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/2-17.htm">Joshua 2:17</a></span><br />The men said to her, "We will be <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span> of this your oath which you have made us to swear.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/2-19.htm">Joshua 2:19</a></span><br />It shall be that whoever goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood will be on his head, and we will be <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span>. Whoever is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand is on him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/2-20.htm">Joshua 2:20</a></span><br />But if you talk about this business of ours, then we shall be <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span> of your oath which you have made us to swear."<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/26-9.htm">1 Samuel 26:9</a></span><br />David said to Abishai, "Don't destroy him; for who can put forth his hand against Yahweh's anointed, and be <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span>?"<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/3-28.htm">2 Samuel 3:28</a></span><br />Afterward, when David heard it, he said, "I and my kingdom are <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span> before Yahweh forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/14-9.htm">2 Samuel 14:9</a></span><br />The woman of Tekoa said to the king, "My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house; and the king and his throne be <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span>."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/2-9.htm">1 Kings 2:9</a></span><br />Now therefore don't hold him <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span>, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/9-20.htm">Job 9:20</a></span><br />Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/9-21.htm">Job 9:21</a></span><br />I am blameless. I don't respect myself. I despise my life. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/9-22.htm">Job 9:22</a></span><br />"It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/9-23.htm">Job 9:23</a></span><br />If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/9-28.htm">Job 9:28</a></span><br />I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/34-6.htm">Job 34:6</a></span><br />Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.'<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Jeremiah 2:34</a></span><br />And in the skirts of your robe may be seen the life-blood of those who have done no wrong: ... <br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/30-11.htm">Jeremiah 30:11</a></span><br />For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee; yet of thee will I not make a full end, but I will correct thee with judgment, and will not hold thee altogether <span class="boldtext">guiltless</span>.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/46-28.htm">Jeremiah 46:28</a></span><br />Fear thou not, my servant Jacob, saith Jehovah: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; but I will 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