And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "Indeed I know that you [are] a woman of beautiful countenance.

"Please say you [are] my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that I may live because of you."

So Isaac dwelt in Gerar.

And the men of the place asked about his wife. And he said, "She [is] my sister"; for he was afraid to say, "[She is] my wife," [because he thought,] "lest the men of the place kill me for Rebekah, because she [is] beautiful to behold."

Then he said, "[Are] you really my son Esau?" He said, "I [am."]

For [there is] not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin.

Dead flies putrefy the perfumer's ointment, And cause it to give off a foul odor; [So does] a little folly to one respected for wisdom [and] honor.

Your glorying [is] not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to those who are weak.

Do not be deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits."

Why does your heart carry you away, And what do your eyes wink at,

You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, however you were led.

that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,

Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For [it is] good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.