Quotes about Morality
Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
— Proverbs 20:23
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
— Proverbs 21:3
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
— Proverbs 21:6
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
— Proverbs 21:7
The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
— Proverbs 21:8
The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin.
— Proverbs 21:12
Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
— Proverbs 21:15
The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
— Proverbs 21:18
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
— Proverbs 21:27
A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
— Proverbs 22:1
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
— Proverbs 23:6
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
— Proverbs 23:27