¹⁴ And she lay at his feet until the morning. And she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing-floor.

²¹ for we take thought for things honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

¹⁶ Let not then your good be evil spoken of:

¹² having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

¹ A `good' name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth.

¹⁷ Render to no man evil for evil. Take thought for things honorable in the sight of all men.

³² Give no occasions of stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the church of God:

²² abstain from every form of evil.