TSK · Exodus 23:2

The LORD said to Noah,“Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation.

He said,“No, my brothers! Don’t act so wickedly!

The Sin of the Golden Calf When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him,“Get up, make us gods that will go before us. As for this fellow Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him!”

The Israelites Respond in Unbelief Then all the community raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night.

You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

If you have no desire to worship the LORD, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the LORD.

Then Saul said to Samuel,“I have sinned, for I have disobeyed what the LORD commanded and your words as well. For I was afraid of the army, and I obeyed their voice.

because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors–

Admonition to Avoid Easy but Unjust Riches My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!

Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil.

The officials were very angry at Jeremiah. They had him flogged and put in prison in the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary, which they had converted into a place for confining prisoners.

King Zedekiah said to them,“Very well, you can do what you want with him. For I cannot do anything to stop you.”

He said to me,“The sin of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of murder, and the city is full of corruption, for they say,‘The LORD has abandoned the land, and the LORD does not see!’

Jesus is Condemned and Mocked When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said,“I am innocent of this man’s blood. You take care of it yourselves!”

But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed.

Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before and who was one of the rulers, said,

But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul,“Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried before me there on these charges?”

Paul Rebukes Peter But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong.