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W ash you, make you clean, . . . Cease to do evil; Learn to do well; Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.† Isaiah 1:16-20 ( JPS Tanakh (1917) ) ‘And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise — for if they cry at all unto Me, I will surely hear their cry . . . ’

The Nevi'im quote, Judaism
Exodus 22:20-22 ( JPS Tanakh (1917) )

T hou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart . . . Thou shalt not take vengeance . . . I am the Lord.

The Torah quote, Judaism
Leviticus 19:17-18 ( JPS Tanakh (1917) )

T hou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

The Torah quote, Judaism
Leviticus 19:18 ( JPS Tanakh (1917) )

I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. . . . Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not murder. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

The Torah quote, Judaism
Exodus 20:2-14 ( JPS Tanakh (1917) )

A nd we cried unto the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression. And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders. And He hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

The Torah quote, Judaism
Deuteronomy 26:7-9 ( JPS Tanakh (1917) )

T he Lord saw it, and it displeased Him That there was no justice; And He saw that there was no man, And was astonished that there was no intercessor; Therefore His own arm brought salvation unto Him; And His righteousness, it sustained Him; And He put on righteousness as a coat of mail, And a helmet of salvation upon His head, . . .

The Nevi'im quote, Judaism
Isaiah 59:15-17 ( JPS Tanakh (1917) )

T hus saith the Lord: The heaven is My throne, And the earth is My footstool; Where is the house that ye may build unto Me? And where is the place that may be My resting-place?

The Nevi'im quote, Judaism
Isaiah 66:1 ( JPS Tanakh (1917) )

T he sleep of the wicked is a benefit to them and a boon to the world.

The Talmud quote, Judaism
Sanhedrin 8:5

G od will accept repentance for all sins except one: giving another man a bad name.

The Zohar quote, Judaism

M y friend is he who will tell me my faults, in private.

Salomon Ibn Gabirol quote, Judaism

W hoever performs one good action gains an advocate, whoever commits a sin procures an accuser

The Sayings of the Fathers quote, Judaism
4:15

O nly God can give us credit for the angry words we did not speak.

Rabbi Harold Kushner quote, Judaism

W ho tells a secret will forfeit trust, and find no true friend.

Jeshua ben Sirach quote, Judaism
27:16

A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth stands for ever.

The Ecclesiastes quote, Judaism
1:4

V isiting is like rain: prayed for when absent, but tiresome when overdone.

Salomon Ibn Gabirol quote, Judaism

F or many afflictions, silence is the best remedy.

The Talmud quote, Judaism
Megilah 18a

J ealousy has a thousand eyes, yet none sees properly.

Mishle Yehoshua quote, Judaism

D on’t run too far; you will have to return the same distance.

The Misdrashs quote, Judaism
Midrash Ecclesiastes R. 11:9

W here men truly wish to go, there their feet will manage to take them.

The Talmud quote, Judaism
Sukkah 53a

D eath is no respecter of the great.

The Beth Middot quote, Judaism

M odesty is the noblest of all ornaments.

Eleazar Rokeach quote, Judaism

I t is bounden duty to perform the will of a dying man.

The Talmud quote, Judaism
Ta’anit

I f it be as clear to you as the light of morn, say it! If it be not, say it not!

The Talmud quote, Judaism
Sanhedrin

H e piles up riches and knows not who will gather them

The Psalm quote, Judaism
39:6

K eep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit!

The Psalm quote, Judaism
34:13

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Wisdom and teachings of jewish religion

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jewish religion