"But you priests turned aside from the way, and by your teaching you caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi," says the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

"If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a large millstone were hung around his neck and he were drowned at the bottom of the sea.

For if your brother is being hurt by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not destroy the person for whom the Messiah died by what you eat.

In that case, the weak brother for whom the Messiah died is ruined by your knowledge.

Generation

Our descendants will serve him, and that generation will be told about the Lord.

This is the generation that seeks him. Those who seek your face are the true seed of Jacob. Interlude

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people to be his very own and to proclaim the wonderful deeds of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

General references

traffics in those who practice evil, and walks with wicked people?

When my anxious inner thoughts become overwhelming, your comfort encourages me.

Now if you are without any discipline, in which all sons share, then you are illegitimate and not God's sons.