After reading Proverbs Chapter 13, I choose line 8 for my favorite line:
“A man’s riches may ransome his life,
but a poor man hears no threat”
The Old Testament has many examples of retribution for injustices. In contemporary times, legal justice is complicated. It does not answer to moral justice, or ethical rights justice. After legal jurisdiction, there could be civil case proceedings in court. The presiding judge will decide.
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This is a month long meditation on the bible’s Book of Proverbs. I read one Chapter a day, and choose one line to meditate on, and note this line down, here in this blog.
https://artmater.com/meditate-on-proverbs-chapter-1/- https://artmater.com/meditate-on-proverbs-chapter-2/
- https://artmater.com/meditation-on-proverbs-chapter-3/
- https://artmater.com/postscripts-3-on-book-of-proverbs-chapter-4/
- https://artmater.com/meditate-on-proverbs-chapter-5/
- https://artmater.com/meditate-on-proverbs-chapter-6/
- https://artmater.com/how-proverbs-chapter-7-relates-to-us-in-modern-times/
- https://artmater.com/inspire-your-life-with-proverbs-chapter-8/
- https://artmater.com/meditate-with-me-proverbs-chapter-9/
- https://artmater.com/month-long-meditation-on-proverbs-now-chapter-10/
- https://artmater.com/month-long-meditation-on-proverbs-now-chapter-11/
- https://artmater.com/month-long-meditation-on-proverbs-now-chapter-12/
- https://artmater.com/meditation-on-proverbs-chapter-13/