Therefore, brothers, select seven men from among you, of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint for this need.

by honor and dishonor, by ill repute and good repute; as deceivers, and yet true;

Moreover he must have a good testimony among those outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

Demetrius has a good testimony with everyone, and of the truth itself. And we also testify, and you know that our testimony is true.

So the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord, for they despised the offering of the Lord.

And Eli was very old, and he heard what his sons did to the children of Israel.

And Moses said to Aaron, What have this people done to you, that you have brought such a great sin upon them?

And he said to him, I also am a prophet as you [are]; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back to you into your house, and let him eat bread and drink water; but he lied to him.

And it came to pass while they were sitting at the table, that the word of the Lord came to the prophet that brought him back;

for the sins of Jeroboam, who led Israel into sin, even by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God of Israel.

But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart: he departed not from following the sins of Jeroboam, who made Israel to sin.

But you have turned aside from the way, and caused many to fail in [following] the law: you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord Almighty.

Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man through whom the offense comes!

For when they speak haughty [words] of emptiness, they entice through the lusts of the flesh, through lewdness, those who are escaping from those who are living in error,

But I have [this] against you, that you tolerate your wife Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit fornication and eat things sacrificed to idols.