Quotes About Justice

Once again Abraham spoke to the LORD, “Suppose forty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the forty, I will not do it.”

And Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”

“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “donít do such a wicked thing!

Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?

And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”

But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelechís servants had seized,

So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.

Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?

I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.

When Jacobís sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacobís daughter—a thing that should not be done.

But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacobís sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacobís sons (Dinahís brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.

They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechemís house, and went away.

Jacobís other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.

But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”

About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has prostituted herself, and now she is pregnant.” “Bring her out!” Judah replied. “Let her be burned to death!”

As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord and staff are these?”

she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.

Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,

but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.