Genesis 12:11-13

11When he was about to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “I know that you are a woman beautiful in appearance, 12and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they awill kill me, but they will let you live. 13Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.”

Genesis 26:6-7

Isaac and Abimelech

6So Isaac settled in Gerar. 7When the men of the place asked him about his wife, bhe said, “She is my sister,” for che feared to say, “My wife,” thinking, “lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah,” because dshe was attractive in appearance.

Genesis 27:24

24He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.”

Ecclesiastes 7:20

20Surely ethere is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

Ecclesiastes 10:1

1Dead flies make fthe perfumer’s ointment give off a stench;
so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

1 Corinthians 5:6

6 gYour boasting is not good. Do you not know that ha little leaven leavens the whole lump?

1 Corinthians 8:9

9But take care ithat this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block jto the weak.

1 Corinthians 15:33

33 kDo not be deceived: lBad company ruins good morals.”
Probably from Menander’s comedy Thais
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