No my sons! For the report which I hear is not good. Do not [do] so, for the reports which I hear are not good, so that the people do not serve God.

A transgressor tries [to ensnare] friends, and leads them in ways [that are] not good.

[It is] not right to punish a righteous man, nor [is it] holy to plot against righteous princes.

[It is] not good to accept the person of the ungodly, nor is it holy to pervert justice in judgment.

[This translation omits this verse.]

And this thing I say to you that are wise, for you to learn: It is not good to show partiality in judgment.

But as for the former acts of extortion in which [those who were] before me oppressed them, they even took of them their last money, forty shekels for bread and wine; and the [very] outcasts of them exercised authority over the people; but I did not so, because of the fear of God.

And Abraham said, Why I said, Surely there is not the worship of God in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife.

And he said to them on the third day, Do this, and you shall live, for I fear God.

You shall not receive from him interest, nor increase: and you shall fear your God: I [am] the Lord; and your brother shall live with you.

Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified, and going in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, were multiplying.

And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle, and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle, and the Canaanites and the Perizzites then inhabited the land.

And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.

Only because you have given great occasion of provocation to the enemies of the Lord by this thing, your son also that is born to you shall surely die.

And they went in among the nations, among which they went, and they profaned My holy name, while it was said of them, These are the people of the Lord, and they came forth out of His land.

For "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you," just as it is written.

Therefore I desire that the younger widows to marry, to bear children, to manage the house, to give no opportunity to the adversary because of reproach.

temperate, pure, homemakers, good, submitting to their own husbands, lest the word of God be blasphemed.

having your manner of life noble among the Gentiles, so that, whenever they speak against you as evildoers, when they observe the good works, they may glorify God in the day of visitation.