Quotes about Ethics
But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”
— Nehemiah 6:11
In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
— Nehemiah 13:15
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
— Job 20:19
Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
— Job 21:7
Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
— Job 24:2
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
— Job 24:3
If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor’s wife, or I have lurked at his door,
— Job 31:9
I have not allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse—
— Job 31:30
if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
— Job 31:39
I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.
— Job 32:21
He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.
— Job 34:8
that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.
— Job 34:30