Fetha Negest — Judgment of the Kings — CHAPTER 11 — COUNSEL AND PRECEPTS FOR THE LAY COMMUNITY

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All persons shall reject false testimony, theft, fraud, murder, exploitation of the weak, and contempt for parents or lawful household obligations.

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Parents owe nourishment, instruction, protection, and reasonable discipline to children; children owe honor and care, but no command can make wickedness righteous.

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Husband and wife owe fidelity, provision according to means, bodily integrity, and protection from abandonment and fraud.

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Masters and employers shall not treat servants or workers as objects without dignity. Workers shall perform the work honestly undertaken.

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Correction for wrongdoing must distinguish sin, civil injury, household breach, and crime. Each has its own remedy.

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Reconciliation is praiseworthy but cannot be forced in a way that erases restitution or conceals violence.

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