Quotes about Ethics
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
- Proverbs 23:27
Do not envy wicked men or desire their company;
- Proverbs 24:1
Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,
- Proverbs 25:9
A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
- Proverbs 28:3
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
- Proverbs 28:4
Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.
- Proverbs 28:6
He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
- Proverbs 28:8
A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.
- Proverbs 28:16
To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
- Proverbs 28:21
He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.
- Proverbs 28:24
The righteous consider the cause of the poor, but the wicked have no regard for such concerns.
- Proverbs 29:7
An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.
- Proverbs 29:27