1 Timothy 6:1

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Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.

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The angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her."

And Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh,

Now the Syrians on one of their raids had carried off a little girl from the land of Israel, and she worked in the service of Naaman's wife.

"A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. But you say, 'How have we despised your name?'

When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those who attended him,

Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ,

Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

Slaves are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,

Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

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So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.

and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land.

Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the LORD, the child who is born to you shall die."

Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, "Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

Now therefore what have I here," declares the LORD, "seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail," declares the LORD, "and continually all the day my name is despised.

But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD, and yet they had to go out of his land.'

And he said to his disciples, "Temptations to sin are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

For, as it is written, "The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you."

Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,

to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.

Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation.

having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.