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Bible quotes about creation

- "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."

- "Let us make mankind in our image."

- "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good."

Bible quotes about the sanctity of life

- "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart."

- "God created mankind in his own image."

- "You shall not murder."

- I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made."

- "Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit."

Bible quotes against abortion

- "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you."

- "Do not murder."

Bible quotes for abortion

- "Love your neighbour as yourself."

Bible quotes for euthanasia

- "Love your neighbour as yourself."

- "Whatever you did for one of the least of these... you did for me."

- "Blessed are the merciful."

Bible quotes against euthanasia

- "The Lord gives and the Lord takes away."

- "Blessed are the poor."

Bible quotes about stewardship for the earth

- "The Earth is the Lord's and everything in it."

- "The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it."

Bible quotes about dominion

- "Fill the earth and subdue it."

- Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

- "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.

Bible quotes for justice

- "Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves."

Quran quotes about creation

- "It is He who created for you all that is on the earth."

- "We created man from sounding clay."

- "Allah is the Creator of all things."

- "He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth."

- "Allah created the heavens and the earth in six Days."

Quran quotes about the sanctity of life

- "Whoever saves one life, it is as if he has saved all of mankind."

- "We have honoured the children of Adam."

- "Do not kill the soul which Allah has made sacred."

Quran quotes about free will

- "Whoever does good, it is for himself; whoever does evil, it is against himself."

Quran quotes about stewardship

- "It is He who has made you successors upon the earth."

- "Do not cause corruption on the earth."

- "He has appointed you stewards (khalifah) on the earth."

Bible quotes against animal cruelty

- "The righteous care for the needs of their animals."

- "Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God."

Quran quote about respecting animals

"There is not an animal on the earth... but they are communities like you."

Bible quotes about the value of the earth

- "The Earth is the Lord's, and everything in it."

- "God saw all that he had made, and it was very good."

Quran quotes about the value of the earth

- "It is He who has made you successors upon the earth."

- "Do not cause corruption on the earth."

Quran quotes for abortion

"no mother should suffer on the account of her child"

Quran quotes against abortion

- "Do not kill your children for fear of poverty."

- "Allah does not burden a soul beyond what it can bear."

Quran quotes against euthanasia

- "Nor take life which Allah has made sacred."

- "No soul can ever die except by Allah's leave."

Bible quotes about vegetarianism

"The one who eats everything [meat] must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them."

Bible quotes about heaven

- "Then he said, 'Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.' Jesus answered him, 'Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.'"

- "He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." (Revelation 21:4)

Bible quote about hell

- "Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels."

- "Throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth."

Bible quotes about peace-making

- "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God."

Bible quotes against violence

- "If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also."

- "Do not repay anyone evil for evil."

- "'Put your sword back in its place,' Jesus said, 'for all who draw the sword die by the sword.'"

Bible quotes against war

"He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many people... Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore."

Bible quotes about kindness towards enemies

"Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."

Bible quotes for justice

- "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth."

- "Defend the rights of the poor and orphans.... Rescue them from the power of evil men"

Bible quotes about forgiveness

- "Forgive not seven times, but seventy-seven times."

- "If it is possible... live at peace with everyone."

Bible quotes about just wars

- "There is a time for war and a time for peace."

- "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends."

Bible quotes about justifying wars

- "If you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one."

- "[Jesus] made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts'"

- "The Lord is a man of war

Quran quotes about peacemaking

- "Allah calls to the home of peace."

- "Make peace between them."

Quran quotes about self-defence

- "Fight in the way of Allah those who fight you but do not transgress."

- "If they cease, then there is to be no aggression."

Quran quotes about forgiveness

- "The recompense for an injury is an injury equal to it, but if a person forgives... it is better."

- "Show forgiveness, enjoin what is good."

Quran quotes about the sanctity of life

- "Whoever kills a soul... it is as if he has killed all mankind."

Quran quotes about justice

"Stand out firmly for justice."

Bible quotes about greed

"For the love of money is a root of all kind of evil."

bible quotes against using weapons of mass destruction

"The earth is the Lord's and everything in it."

Bible quotes about children

- "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth"

- "Children are a heritage from the Lord."— Psalm 127:3

Bible quotes about marriage

- "That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh." (Genesis 2:24)

- "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her." (Ephesians 5:25)

- "Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate." Mark 10:9

- "Marriage should be honoured by all." Hebrews 13:4

Bible quotes against fornication

- "Flee fornication." (1 Corinthians 6:18)

- "Marriage should be honoured by all, and the marriage bed kept pure." Hebrews 13:4

- But fornicators and adulterers, God will judge

Bible quotes for fonication

"God is love." (1 John 4:8)

Bible quotes about adultery

- "You shall not commit adultery." (Exodus 20:14)

- "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery'; but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart." (Matthew 5:27-8)

Bible quotes against homosexuality

- "Go forth and multiply." (Genesis 1:28)

- "Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a women; that is detestable." (Leviticus 18:22)

Bible quotes for homosexuality

- "God is love." (1 John 4:8)

- love thy neighbour

- "Do to others as you would have them do to you."

Quran quotes about homosexuality

- "Must you, unlike [other] people, lust after males and abandon the wives that God has created for you? You are exceeding all bounds." (Qur'an 26:165-166)

- "How can you commit this outrage with your eyes wide open? How can you lust after men instead of women? What fools you are!" (Qur'an 27:54-5)

Bible quotes about divorce

- "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery." (Mark 10:11-12)

- "So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate." (Matthew 19:6)

- "And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery." (Matthew 19:9)

- "Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate."— Mark 10:9

- "God hates divorce." Malachi 2:16

Hadith quotes about divorce

"Divorce is the worst thing that Allah permits." (Hadith)

Bible quotes about respecting elders

"honour your father and mother" (Exodus 20:12).

Bible quotes against polygamy

"Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach." (1 Timothy 3:2)

Quran quotes about polygamy

"[M]arry the women that seem good to you: two, or three, or four. If you fear that you will not be able to treat them justly, then marry (only) one." (Qur'an 4:3)

Bible quotes about children

- "He who spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them." (Proverbs 13:24)

- "After all, children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children." (2 Corinthians 12:14)

- "Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it." (Proverbs 22:6)

Bible quotes about the role of children

-"Honour your father and mother." (Exodus 20:12)

-"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right." (Ephesians 6:1)

-"Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old." (Proverbs 23:22)

Bible quotes for gender equality

- "God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." (Genesis 1:27)

- "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man." (Genesis 2:23)

- "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." (Galatians 3:28)

Bible quotes against gender equality

- "The Lord God said, 'It is not good for man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him'." (Genesis 2:18)

- "Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you." (Genesis 3:16)

- "I do not permit a woman to teach or have authority over a man; she must be quiet." (1 Timothy 2:12)

- "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord." (Ephesians 5:22)

Bible quotes about families

- "Children, obey your parents in the Lord." Ephesians 6:1

- "Fathers, do not exasperate your children." Ephesians 6:4

Bible quotes about sexual relationships

- "The body is a temple of the Holy Spirit." 1 Corinthians 6:19

- "Flee from sexual immorality." 1 Corinthians 6:18

Bible quotes about love

- "Love is patient, love is kind." (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)

- "Above all, love each other deeply." (1 Peter 4:8)

Quran quotes about marriage

- "And among His signs is this, that He created for you mates... that you may find tranquillity in them." (Qur'an 30:21)

- "They are clothing for you and you are clothing for them." (Qur'an 2:187)

Quran quotes about family

- "Your Lord has commanded that you be kind to parents." (Qur'an 17:23)

- "We have enjoined on man kindness to parents." (Qur'an 31:14)

Quran quotes about contraception

"Do not kill your children for fear of poverty." Qur'an 17:31

Quran quotes about the roles of the family

- "Men are the protectors and maintainers of women." (Qur'an 4:34)

- "The mothers shall breastfeed their children for two whole years." (Qur'an 2:233)

Quran quotes about divorce

- "When you divorce women, divorce them for their prescribed period and count it accurately." (Qur'an 65:1)

- "If you fear a breach between them, appoint arbitrators from his people and her people." (Qur'an 4:35)

Bible quotes about the original sin

"...the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth." (Genesis 8: 21)

Bible quotes about helping prisoners

"Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For ... I was in prison and you came to visit me." (Matthew 25:34-6)

Bible quotes against stealing

- "You shall not steal." (Exodus 20:15)

- "Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work." (Ephesians 4:28)

Bible quotes against murder

"You shall not murder." (Exodus 20:13)

Bible quotes for corporal punishment

"Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth." (Exodus 21:23-25)

Bible quotes against corporal punishment

- "love your neighbour" (Mark 12:31)

- "Love your enemies." (Matthew 5:44)

- "If your enemy if hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him something to drink." (Romans 12:19-21)

Bible quotes about punishment as a deterrent

"He who spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them." (Proverbs 13:24)

Bible quotes about forgiveness

- "Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us"

- "If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him" (Luke 17:3)

- "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?' Jesus answers, 'I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven time'" (Matthew 18:21-22)

Bible quotes for capital punishment

- "Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed" (Genesis 9:6)

- "Life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth" (Exodus 21:23-24)

Bible quotes against capital punishment

- "You shall not murder." (Exodus 20:13)

- "Turn the other cheek." (Matthew 5:39)

- "Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone." (John 8:7)

Bible quotes against retribution

"You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also." (Matthew 5:38-42)

Bible quotes about poverty causing crime

"If anyone is poor among your fellow Israelites... do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted." (Deuteronomy 15:7)

Bible quotes about punishment

"God has appointed authorities... to bring punishment on the wrongdoer." (Romans 13:1-4)

Bible quotes about the reformation

- "Go and sin no more." (John 8:11)

- "Create in me a pure heart, O God." (Psalm 51:10)

Bible quotes about deterrence

- "When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers." (Proverbs 21:15)

- "If you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason." (Romans 13:4)

Quote for prisons

"If a man commits a crime... he should be separated from society."

Bible quotes about free will as a reason for crime

- "You are free to choose." (Galatians 5:13)

Bible quotes about sin as a reason for crime

"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23)

Bible quotes about justice

- "Let justice roll on like a river." (Amos 5:24)

- "When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers." (Proverbs 21:15)

Bible quotes about redemption

- "Blessed are the merciful." (Matthew 5:7)

- "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." (Romans 12:21)

Quran quotes about justice

- "Allah commands justice."(Qur'an 16:90)

- "O you who believe, stand firm in justice."(Qur'an 4:135)

Quran quotes about law and punishments

- "We sent down the Law therein was guidance and light."(Qur'an 5:44)

- "The recompense for an evil is an evil like it."(Qur'an 42:40)

Quran quotes about forgiveness and mercy

- "But whoever forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is with Allah."(Qur'an 42:40)

- "My mercy encompasses all things."(Qur'an 7:156)

Quran quotes about repentance

- "Allah loves those who turn to Him in repentance."(Qur'an 2:222)

- "Do not despair of the mercy of Allah."(Qur'an 39:53)

Quran quotes about deterrence

"In the law of equality there is life for you."