Quotes about Justice
Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.
— Deuteronomy 19:10
If, however, a man hates his neighbor and lies in wait, attacks him and kills him, and then flees to one of these cities,
— Deuteronomy 19:11
the elders of his city must send for him, bring him back, and hand him over to the avenger of blood to die.
— Deuteronomy 19:12
You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
— Deuteronomy 19:13
A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
— Deuteronomy 19:15
If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime,
— Deuteronomy 19:16
both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.
— Deuteronomy 19:17
you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you.
— Deuteronomy 19:19
Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.
— Deuteronomy 19:20
You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
— Deuteronomy 19:21
If one is found slain, lying in a field in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who killed him,
— Deuteronomy 21:1
your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
— Deuteronomy 21:2