Accusation

Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,

Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!

At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, an accusation was lodged against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”

So Pilate went out to them and asked, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”

I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.

Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.