Quotes About Values

You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,

You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.

You must not have sexual relations with your fatherís wife; it would dishonor your father.

You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your fatherís daughter or your motherís daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.

You must not have sexual relations with your sonís daughter or your daughterís daughter, for that would shame your family.

You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.

The woman he marries must be a virgin.

Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead.

You shall not steal.

And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.

Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,

Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,

You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.

Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.

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,

A woman must not wear menís clothing, and a man must not wear womenís clothing, for whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD your God.

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

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

You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small.

You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.