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Judaism
The
Ten Commandments
I
am the Lord your God, you shall
have
no other gods before me.
You
shall not make for yourself an idol.
You shall not
make wrongful use
of the name of
the Lord your God.
Remember the
sabbath day and keep it holy.
Honour your father
and your mother.
You shall not
kill.
You shall not
commit adultery.
You shall not
steal.
You shall not
bear false witness against your neighbour.
You shall not
covet your neighbours house, you shall not
covet your neighbours wife, or male or female slave, or
ox,
or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour.
Exodus
20.1-21
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Martin Buber
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Theodor
Herzl
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Keep
your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.
Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Psalm 34.13-15
You shall
love your neighbour as yourself.
Leviticus 19.18
When a man
appears before the throne of Judgement, the first question he
is asked is not, Have you believed in God? or, Have you prayed
and fulfilled the precepts? but, Have you dealt honourably, faithfully
in all your dealings
with your neighbour?
Talmud, Shabbat 31a
According
to their way I will do to them, and according to their own judgements
I will judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. Ezekiel,
7.27
He has showed
you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your
God. Micah 6.8
The world
rests on three things: on justice, truth and peace.
Talmud, Avot 1.18
The seal
of God is truth.
Talmud, Shabbat 55
You may modify
a statement in the interests of peace.
Talmud, Yebamot 65b
Lord, who
may dwell in your sanctuary? He whose walk is blameless and who
does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart...
who keeps his oath even when it hurts... and does not accept a
bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never
be shaken.
Psalm 15.1-5
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