Quotes about Responsibility
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
— Exodus 20:9
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
— Exodus 20:12
If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
— Exodus 21:4
If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.
— Exodus 21:8
And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.
— Exodus 21:9
If he takes another wife, he must not reduce the food, clothing, or marital rights of his first wife.
— Exodus 21:10
If, however, he does not provide her with these three things, she is free to go without monetary payment.
— Exodus 21:11
But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
— Exodus 21:14
Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
— Exodus 21:17
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