Page 183 - Wisdom and Sound Advice from the Torah

Ha run Yah ya (Ad nan Ok tar)

This is what the Sovereign Lord says: "You have gone far
enough... Give up your vi o lence and op pres sion and do what

is just and right..." de clares the Sovereign Lord. (Ezekiel, 45:9)

But let man and beast be cov ered with sack cloth. Let ev ery one
call ur gent ly on God. Let them give up their evil ways and
their vi o lence. (Jonah, 3:8)

Nations will see and be ashamed, de prived of all their pow -
er. They will lay their hands on their mouths and their ears
will be come deaf. (Micah, 7:16)

... "And I hate a man's cov er ing him self with vi o lence as well
as with his gar ment," says the Lord Almighty. So guard your -
self in your spir it, and do not break faith. (Malachi, 2:16)

"They do not know how to do right," de clares the Lord, "who
hoard plun der and loot in their for tress es." (Amos, 3:10)

The Importance of Peace and Friendship

When you march up to at tack a city, make its peo ple an of -
fer of peace. (Deuteronomy, 20:10)

How good and pleas ant it is when broth ers live to geth er in
uni ty! (Psalms, 133:1)

For he [Solomon] ruled over all the king doms... and had
peace on all sides. (1 Kings, 4:24)

There is de ceit in the hearts of those who plot evil, but joy for
those who pro mote peace. (Proverbs, 12:20)

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