And she spoke to him with words like these, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you brought to us came in to me to make sport of me;

And to Shem also, the older brother of Japheth, and father of all the sons of Eber, sons were born.

And one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, for he dwelt by the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner; and they were allies with Abram.

For truly I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews; and also I have done nothing here that they should have put me into the dungeon.

What shall be given to you, or what shall be done to you, O deceitful tongue?

Those who are near and those far from you will mock you as defiled of name and full of confusion.

And it came to pass after these things that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and she said, Lie with me.

Violent witnesses rose up; they asked of me things which I have not known.

because of the voice of the enemy, from the oppression of the wicked; for they drop down trouble upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who sends out a slander, is a fool.

Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is My Law; do not fear the reproach of men, nor be afraid of their revilings.

No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment, you shall condemn. This is the inheritance of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness is from Me, says Jehovah.

Blessed are you when they shall revile and persecute you, and shall say every evil word against you falsely because of Me.

Now the chief priests, the elders, and all the council sought false testimony against Jesus to put Him to death,

And they began to accuse Him, saying, We found this one perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ, a King.

through honor and dishonor, through evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

For what praise is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you endure it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you endure it patiently, this is favorable with God.

But even if you should suffer because of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not be afraid of their terror, nor be troubled.

having a good conscience, that when they speak against you as evildoers, those who falsely accuse your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.

For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit,

If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. According to them He is blasphemed, but according to you He is glorified.

Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this regard.

Now if the righteous one is scarcely saved, where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?