Quotes about Ethics
and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”
— Genesis 39:7
But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
— Genesis 39:8
No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
— Genesis 39:9
Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.
— Genesis 39:10
She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.
— Genesis 39:12
You shall not murder.
— Exodus 20:13
You shall not steal.
— Exodus 20:15
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
— Exodus 20:16
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
— Exodus 20:17
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