Quotes about Justice
But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
- Genesis 21:25
And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
- Genesis 31:7
Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?
- Genesis 31:36
You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.
- Genesis 31:37
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.
- Genesis 31:39
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
- Genesis 31:53
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
- Genesis 34:2
But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
- Genesis 34:13
Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
- Genesis 34:25
They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.
- Genesis 34:26
Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.
- Genesis 34:27
But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”
- Genesis 34:31