Quotes about Ethics
Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”
— Amos 8:6
You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster.
— Obadiah 1:13
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
— Micah 3:11
Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
— Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
— Habakkuk 2:12
You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’
— Matthew 5:21
You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
— Matthew 5:27
If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
— Matthew 5:29
And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.
— Matthew 5:30
In everything, then, do to others as you would have them do to you. For this is the essence of the Law and the Prophets.
— Matthew 7:12
How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
— Matthew 12:12
“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
— Matthew 19:18