Quotes about Morality
Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.
— Ezekiel 33:17
If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.
— Ezekiel 33:18
But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.
— Ezekiel 33:19
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”
— Ezekiel 33:20
You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.
— Ezekiel 45:10
When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.
— Hosea 4:18
A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
— Hosea 12:7
They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
— Joel 3:3
“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
— Amos 3:10
There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
— Amos 5:7
Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
— Amos 5:14
asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
— Amos 8:5