Gen 39:7-13, Judg 16:16-21, Psa 1:1, 50:18, Pro 7:21-23, 13:20, 20:19 | ESV | STEP | And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said , Lie with me.

Genesis 39:7-13

7 And after a time his master’s wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.” 8 But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Behold, because of me my master has no concern about anything in the house, and ^ahe has put everything that he has in my charge. 9 He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and ^bsin against God?” 10 And as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he ^cwould not listen to her, to lie beside her or to be with her.

11 But one day, when he went into the house to do his work and none of the men of the house was there in the house, 12 ^dshe caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out of the house. 13 And as soon as she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled out of the house,

Judges 16:16-21

16 And ^ewhen she pressed him hard with her words day after day, and urged him, his soul was vexed to death. 17 And he told her all his heart, and said to her, ^f“A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If my head is shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak and be like any other man.”

18 When Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, saying, “Come up again, for he has told me all his heart.” Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought ^gthe money in their hands. 19 She made him sleep on her knees. And she called a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began ^hto torment him, and his strength left him. 20 And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he awoke from his sleep and said, “I will go out as at other times and shake myself free.” But he did not know that ⁱthe Lord had left him. 21 And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes and brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze shackles. ^jAnd he ground at the mill in the prison.

Psalms 1:1

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

1 Blessed is the man ^{▼▼The singular Hebrew word for man (ish) is used here to portray a representative example of a godly person; see Preface}
who ^lwalks not in ^mthe counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in ⁿthe way of sinners,
nor ^osits in ^pthe seat of ^qscoffers;

Psalms 50:18

18 If you see a thief, ^ryou are pleased with him,
^sand you keep company with adulterers.

Proverbs 7:21-23

21 With much seductive speech she persuades him;
with ^ther smooth talk she compels him.
22 All at once he follows her,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast ^{▼▼Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac); Hebrew as an anklet for the discipline of a fool}
23 till an arrow pierces its liver;
as ^va bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.

Proverbs 13:20

20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 20:19

19 Whoever ^wgoes about slandering reveals secrets;
therefore do not associate with ^xa simple babbler. ^{▼▼Hebrew with one who is simple in his lips}