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Quotes About Accusation

Just like Adam, when we blame people and situations for our problems, below the surface we are also making accusations against God.
~ Paul David Tripp
This distinction between believing-a-lie and disbelieving-the-truth is important because it forces attention to the twin dangers for the lie catcher. There is no way to avoid completely both mistakes; the choice only is between which one to risk more. The lie catcher must evaluate when it is preferable to risk being misled, and when it would be better to risk making a false accusation.
~ Paul Ekman
As the stepped from the café, there stood the sheriff with his gun in his hand. "That's them Sheriff! That's them alright they robbed us
~ Unknown
The person you have to watch is the one pointing the finger.
~ Paul Stanley
Vulnerability opens us up to being shamed. To someone with BPD, controlling others is a way to ensure that no one can ever shame them. In practice, however, people with BPD often attempt to control others by putting them in no-win situations, creating chaos, or accusing others of trying to control them.
~ Unknown
Oh, those stars, Those stars, that too far up from human blame To clear themselves, or careless of the charge, Still bear upon their shining shoulders all The guilt men shift upon them!
~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca
One of them is your ex-wife, and we know she didn't do it.
~ Peter F. Hamilton
Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?
~ Genesis 31:36
Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,
~ Genesis 39:17
Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
~ Genesis 42:9
“The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
~ Genesis 42:30
Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
~ Exodus 23:7
and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
~ Deuteronomy 22:14
And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ëI discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.í But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
~ Deuteronomy 22:17
If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young womanís virginity can be found,
~ Deuteronomy 22:20
Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my fatherís household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”
~ 1 Samuel 22:15
Abner was furious over Ish-boshethís 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!
~ 2 Samuel 3:8
At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, an accusation was lodged against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
~ Ezra 4:6
For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
~ Job 13:26
(Oh, that I had one to hear me! Here is my signature. Let the Almighty answer me; let my accuser compose an indictment.
~ Job 31:35
You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
~ Psalm 31:20
Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
~ Psalm 35:11
May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
~ Psalm 71:13
In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
~ Psalm 109:4