No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I am hearing. You cause the people of Jehovah to transgress.

A violent man entices his neighbor, and makes him go in a way that is not good.

It is also not good to punish the just, nor to strike princes for uprightness.

It is not good to favor the person of the wicked, nor to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

Also for the soul to be without knowledge is not good, and he who hurries with his feet sins.

These things also are to the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.

But the former governors who had been before me were heavy on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people, but I did not do so, because of the fear of God.

And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will kill me on account of my wife.

And Joseph said to them the third day, Do this and live, for I fear God:

Take no usury or interest from him; but fear your God, that your brother may live with you.

Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. The Canaanites and the Perizzites then dwelt in the land.

And Abram said to Lot, Please let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we men are brothers.

However, because of this matter in which you have caused contempt, for Jehovah to be spurned by His enemies, the child also who is born to you shall die the death.

When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name. They said of them, These are the people of Jehovah, and they have come out of His land.

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

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

to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the Word of God may not be blasphemed.

having your behavior honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.