He said to his oldest servant, who was in charge of all that he had, "Place your hand between my thighs and make a vow.

I answered, "I'm not the kind of person that runs and hides. Do you think I would try to save my life by hiding in the Temple? I won't do it."

But the servant who does not know what his master wants, and yet does something for which he deserves a whipping, will be punished with a light whipping. Much is required from the person to whom much is given; much more is required from the person to whom much more is given.

The one thing required of such servants is that they be faithful to their master.

or steal from them. Instead, they must show that they are always good and faithful, so as to bring credit to the teaching about God our Savior in all they do.

One night God appeared to him in a dream and said, "You are going to die, because you have taken this woman; she is already married."

God replied in the dream, "Yes, I know that you did it with a clear conscience; so I kept you from sinning against me and did not let you touch her.

If a man commits adultery with the wife of an Israelite, both he and the woman shall be put to death.

When the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to the palace; she became his wife and bore him a son. But the LORD was not pleased with what David had done.

If I have been attracted to my neighbor's wife, and waited, hidden, outside her door,

Such wickedness should be punished by death.

It is just as dangerous to sleep with another man's wife. Whoever does it will suffer.

But a man who commits adultery doesn't have any sense. He is just destroying himself.

They were like well-fed stallions wild with desire, each lusting for his neighbor's wife.

Shouldn't I punish them for these things and take revenge on a nation such as this?

Surely you know that the wicked will not possess God's Kingdom. Do not fool yourselves; people who are immoral or who worship idols or are adulterers or homosexual perverts

or who steal or are greedy or are drunkards or who slander others or are thieves---none of these will possess God's Kingdom.

What human nature does is quite plain. It shows itself in immoral, filthy, and indecent actions;

they are envious, get drunk, have orgies, and do other things like these. I warn you now as I have before: those who do these things will not possess the Kingdom of God.

Marriage is to be honored by all, and husbands and wives must be faithful to each other. God will judge those who are immoral and those who commit adultery.

But cowards, traitors, perverts, murderers, the immoral, those who practice magic, those who worship idols, and all liars---the place for them is the lake burning with fire and sulfur, which is the second death."

But outside the city are the perverts and those who practice magic, the immoral and the murderers, those who worship idols and those who are liars both in words and deeds.

On the third day Joseph said to them, "I am a God-fearing man, and I will spare your lives on one condition.

An offering is to be made if any of you sin against the LORD by refusing to return what another Israelite has left as a deposit or by stealing something from him or by cheating him

But if you do not keep your promise, I warn you that you will be sinning against the LORD. Make no mistake about it; you will be punished for your sin.

"I have sinned against the LORD," David said. Nathan replied, "The LORD forgives you; you will not die.

Every governor who had been in office before me had been a burden to the people and had demanded forty silver coins a day for food and wine. Even their servants had oppressed the people. But I acted differently, because I honored God.

I have sinned against you---only against you--- and done what you consider evil. So you are right in judging me; you are justified in condemning me.

And so the LORD himself says that he is going to get rid of you. Before this year is over you will die because you have told the people to rebel against the LORD."

They are attacked by all who find them. Their enemies say, 'They sinned against the LORD, and so what we have done is not wrong. Their ancestors trusted in the LORD, and they themselves should have remained faithful to him.'

Those who are children of God do not continue to sin, for God's very nature is in them; and because God is their Father, they cannot continue to sin.