Quotes About Respect

You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,

But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer behave arrogantly.

You must not move your neighborís boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

And if you are not pleased with her, you are to let her go wherever she wishes. But you must not sell her for money or treat her as a slave, since you have dishonored her.

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,

If you come across a birdís nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.

You may take the young, but be sure to let the mother go, so that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days.

A man is not to marry his fatherís wife, so that he will not dishonor his fatherís marriage bed.

Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.

You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.

And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.

Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.

When you enter your neighborís vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket.

When you enter your neighborís grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighborís grain.

When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.

Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.

He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.

Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.

ëCursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.í And let all the people say, ëAmen!í

ëCursed is he who moves his neighborís boundary stone.í And let all the people say, ëAmen!í

ëCursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.í And let all the people say, ëAmen!í

a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.

“My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”