Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord considered his response of faith as proof of genuine loyalty.

In the future when you come to check on my wages, my honesty will testify for me. If I have any female goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not black, they will be considered stolen.”

But the LORD considered Er, Judah's oldest son, to be wicked so he put him to death.

But Onan knew that the child would not be considered his. So whenever he had sexual relations with his brother's wife, he withdrew prematurely so as not to give his brother a descendant.

The LORD considered what Onan was doing to be evil, so he put him to death, too.