Justice tempered with mercy

It's quite sad to see how people cannot let go, and continue to CSI to destroy. And they are not even the one wronged.

My mother taught us that if someone has wronged you, in seeking redress, remember to allow the person a way of escape. Do not drive him to a dead end.

I call this 'justice tempered with mercy'.

I'm really thankful for all the good things my mother has imparted to me. Though illiterate, she is very wise and very kind.

'Justice tempered with mercy' is also what I learn from the Bible, found in this verse in the Old Testament, which to me, encapsulates what it means to be a Christian:

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

- Micah 6:8