Quotes About Morality

You know the commandments: ëDo not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not bear false witness, honor your father and mother.í”

“All these I have kept from my youth,” he said.

Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

For if men do these things while the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.

You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.

I have not coveted anyoneís silver or gold or clothing.

But those standing nearby said, “How dare you insult the high priest of God!”

In this hope, I strive always to maintain a clear conscience before God and man.

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity for the dishonoring of their bodies with one another.

For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

Although they know Godís righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.

And we know that Godís judgment against those who do such things is based on truth.

So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape Godís judgment?

God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”

But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;

Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law.

So they show that the work of the law is written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts either accusing or defending them

you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?

You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?

Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?