Quotes about Ethics
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
- Proverbs 14:34
Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
- Proverbs 16:8
A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
- Proverbs 17:8
A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
- Proverbs 17:23
With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.
- Proverbs 18:3
Differing weights and unequal measures—both are detestable to the LORD.
- Proverbs 20:10
Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
- Proverbs 20:23
The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
- Proverbs 21:8
A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.
- Proverbs 22:1
Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
- Proverbs 22:22
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
- Proverbs 23:6
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
- Proverbs 23:10