Moreover Jeremiahsaidto KingZedekiah,"[In] what[way] have I sinnedagainst you, or against your servants,or against thispeople,that you have putme in prison?
Then Jacobbecameangryand contendedwith Laban;and Jacobsaidto Laban,"Whatis my transgression?Whatis my sinthat you have hotlypursuedme?
He who returnsevilfor good,Evilwill not departfrom his house.
It is alsonot goodto finethe righteous,[Nor] to strikethe noblefor [their] uprightness.
"Did Hezekiahkingof Judahand allJudahputhim to death?Did he not fearthe LORDand entreatthe favorof the LORD,and the LORDchangedHis mindaboutthe misfortunewhichHe had pronouncedagainstthem? But we are committinga greatevilagainstourselves."
"My GodsentHis angeland shutthe lions'mouthsand they have not harmedme, inasmuchas I was foundinnocentbeforeHim; and alsotowardyou, O king,I have committednocrime."
Jesusansweredthem, "I showedyou manygoodworksfrom the Father;for whichof them are you stoningMe?"
Paul,looking intentlyat the Council,said,"Brethren,I have lived my lifewith a perfectlygoodconsciencebefore Godup to thisday."
"In view of this,I alsodo my bestto maintainalwaysa blamelessconscience[both] beforeGodand before men.
"If,then,I am a wrongdoerand have committedanythingworthyof death,I do not refuseto die;but ifnoneof those things is [true] of whichthese menaccuseme, no onecanhandme over to them. I appealto Caesar."
"But I foundthat he had committednothingworthyof death;and since he himselfappealedto the Emperor,I decidedto sendhim.
while Paulsaid in his own defense,"I have committednooffenseeitheragainstthe Lawof the Jewsoragainstthe templeoragainstCaesar."
and when they had gone aside,they [began] talkingto one another,saying,"Thismanis not doinganythingworthyof deathorimprisonment."
Sohave I becomeyour enemyby telling you the truth?
