Quotes About Morality

But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.

If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

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

When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.

No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.

You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.

Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking oneís livelihood as security.

If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.

Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.

If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.

you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.

You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light.

For everyone who behaves dishonestly in regard to these things is detestable to the LORD your God.

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 lets a blind man wander in the road.í And let all the people say, ëAmen!í

ëCursed is he who sleeps with his fatherís wife, for he has violated his fatherís marriage bed.í And let all the people say, ëAmen!í

ëCursed is he who lies with any animal.í And let all the people say, ëAmen!í

ëCursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.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

ëCursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.í And let all the people say, ëAmen!í

ëCursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.í And let all the people say, ëAmen!í

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

His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.