11 Bible Verses about Affirmative Action

Let what you say be simply 'yes' or 'no'; whatever exceeds that springs from evil.

Above all, my brothers, never swear an oath, either by heaven or by earth or by anything else; let your "yes" be a plain "yes," your "no" a plain "no," lest you incur judgment.

Take care not to practise your charity before men in order to be noticed; otherwise you get no reward from your Father in heaven. No,

Whereas a curse rests on all who rely upon obedience to the Law; for it is written, Cursed is everyone who does not hold by all that is written in the book of the law, to perform it.

We who are strong ought to bear the burdens that the weak make for themselves and us. We are not to please ourselves.

Jesus replied, "I have told you, but you do not believe; the deeds I do in the name of my Father testify to me, but you do not believe,

Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all who were buying and selling inside the temple; he upset the tables of the money-changers and the stalls of those who sold doves,

He said, "Yes." But when he went indoors Jesus spoke first; "Tell me, Simon," he said, "from whom do earthly kings collect customs or taxes? Is it from their own people or from aliens?"

and when he chose to reveal his Son to me, that I might preach him to the Gentiles, instead of consulting with any human being,

let him shun wrong and do right, let him seek peace and make peace his aim.

(They said this to test him, in order to get a charge against him.) Jesus stooped down, and began to write with his finger on the ground;