Quotes about Justice
If men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,
- Exodus 21:18
then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.
- Exodus 21:19
If a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
- Exodus 21:20
However, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.
- Exodus 21:21
If men who are fighting strike a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no further injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband demands and as the court allows.
- Exodus 21:22
But if a serious injury results, then you must require a life for a life—
- Exodus 21:23
eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
- Exodus 21:24
burn for burn, wound for wound, and stripe for stripe.
- Exodus 21:25
If a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
- Exodus 21:26
And if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
- Exodus 21:27
If an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.
- Exodus 21:28
But if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.
- Exodus 21:29