Quotes about Consent

Even Christians taking in the teaching of the Bible can be deceived about our own sins. We somehow feel that consent to the teaching of scripture is equivalent to obedience.

And the elders and the people all said, “Do not listen to him or consent to his terms.”

Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.

“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”

They knew that in the 1970s the Indian Health Service of the U.S. government admitted that thousands of Native women had been sterilized without their informed consent. Some called it a long-term strategy for taking over Indian lands, and others said it was the same racism that had sterilized black women in the South.

God does not rule by the consent of His subjects but by His sovereign authority. His reign extends over me whether I vote for Him or not.

We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.

Our Lord was born not just of her flesh but also by her consent.

Unless it is by mutual consent, for a specific prayer need and for a brief period of time, sexual abstinence can become a tool of Satan. It is never to be used as pretense for spiritual superiority or as a means of intimidating or manipulating one's spouse. Physical love is to be a normal and regular experience shared by both marriage partners alike, as a gift from God.

But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.

But I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that your goodness will not be out of compulsion, but by your own free will.