You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
“‘Cursed be anyone who misleads a blind man on the road.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
“You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.
Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.
You shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God, for I am the Lord your God.
But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality.
Food will not commend us to God. We are no worse off if we do not eat, and no better off if we do. But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol's temple, will he not be encouraged, if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols? And so by your knowledge this weak person is destroyed, the brother for whom Christ died. Thus, sinning against your brothers and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ.
The former governors who were before me laid heavy burdens on the people and took from them for their daily ration forty shekels of silver. Even their servants lorded it over the people. But I did not do so, because of the fear of God.
And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.
On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:
Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,
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