I'm doing this because they have abandoned me and worshipped that Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They haven't lived my way by doing what I consider to be right and observing my statutes and my ordinances, like his father David did.

After all, if it is the will of God, it is better to suffer for doing right than for doing wrong.

He reported to his brothers, "My money has been returned! It's right here in my sack!" Trembling with mounting consternation, each of them asked one another, "What is God doing to us?"

But then they told each other, "We're not doing the right thing. This is a day of good news, but if we keep quiet until morning, we're sure to be punished! So let's leave and go tell the king's household!"

Hezekiah did this throughout all of Judah, and he acted well, doing what the LORD his God considered to be right and true.

So I said, "What you're doing isn't right! Shouldn't you live in the fear of our God to avoid shame from our foreign enemies?

But when you give to the poor, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,

The right thing to do is to avoid eating meat, drinking wine, or doing anything else that makes your brother stumble, upset, or weak.

Let's not get tired of doing what is good, for at the right time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Brothers, do not get tired of doing what is right.

Nevertheless, you are doing the right thing if you obey the royal Law in keeping with the Scripture, "You must love your neighbor as yourself."

For it is God's will that by doing right you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.

But even if you should suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. "Never be afraid of their threats, and never get upset.