Quotes about Justice
Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
— Genesis 4:23
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
— Genesis 4:24
Then God said to Noah, “The end of all living creatures has come before Me, because through them the earth is full of violence. Now behold, I will destroy both them and the earth.
— Genesis 6:13
And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
— Genesis 9:5
Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
— Genesis 9:6
But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
— Genesis 15:14
For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
— Genesis 18:19
Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
— Genesis 18:20
I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
— Genesis 18:21
Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
— Genesis 18:23
What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?
— Genesis 18:24
Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
— Genesis 18:25