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Guiltless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Free from guilt, crime or offense; innocent.

2. The Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Exodus 20:7 .

3. Not produced by the slaughter of animals.

4. But from the mountain's grassy side

5. A guiltless feast I bring.

Guiltless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Free from guilt; innocent.

2. Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).

Guiltlessly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Without guilt; innocently.

Guiltlessness [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Diseased in consequence of guilt.

Guiltlessness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Innocence; freedom from guilt or crime.

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10 KJV and 4 BSB verses contain “Guiltless”

Exodus 20:7

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

Numbers 5:31

Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.

The husband will be free from guilt, but the woman shall bear her iniquity.”

Numbers 32:22

And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.

then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.

Deuteronomy 5:11

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

Joshua 2:19

And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him.

If anyone goes out the door of your house into the street, his blood will be on his own head, and we will be innocent. But if a hand is laid on anyone with you in the house, his blood will be on our heads.

1 Samuel 26:9

And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD’S anointed, and be guiltless?

But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”

2 Samuel 3:28

And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:

Afterward, David heard about this and said, “I and my kingdom are forever guiltless before the LORD concerning the blood of Abner son of Ner.

2 Samuel 14:9

And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.

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

1 Kings 2:9

Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”

Matthew 12:7

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.