Kejadian 31:37-38

31:37 When you searched through all my goods, did you find anything that belonged to you? ¹  Set it here before my relatives and yours, ²  and let them settle the dispute between the two of us! ³ 

31:38 “I have been with you for the past twenty years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks.

Kejadian 39:8-9

39:8 But he refused, saying ⁴  to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not give any thought ⁵  to his household with me here, ⁶  and everything that he owns he has put into my care. ⁷  39:9 There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do ⁸  such a great evil and sin against God?”

Kejadian 39:1

Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife

39:1 Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt. ⁹  An Egyptian named Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, ¹⁰  purchased him from ¹¹  the Ishmaelites who had brought him there.

1 Samuel 22:14

22:14 Ahimelech replied to the king, “Who among all your servants is faithful like David? He is the king’s son-in-law, the leader of your bodyguard, and honored in your house!

1 Samuel 26:23

26:23 The Lord rewards each man for his integrity and loyalty. ¹²  Even though today the Lord delivered you into my hand, I was not willing to extend my hand against the Lord’s chosen one.

Mazmur 101:6

101:6 I will favor the honest people of the land, ¹³ 

and allow them to live with me. ¹⁴ 

Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me. ¹⁵ 

Matius 24:45

The Faithful and Wise Slave

24:45 “Who then is the faithful and wise slave, ¹⁶  whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves ¹⁷  their food at the proper time?

Lukas 16:10

16:10 “The one who is faithful in a very little ¹⁸  is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

Lukas 16:1

The Parable of the Clever Steward

16:1 Jesus ¹⁹  also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who was informed of accusations ²⁰  that his manager ²¹  was wasting ²²  his assets.

Kolose 4:2

Exhortation to Pray for the Success of Paul’s Mission

4:2 Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.

[31:37]  ¹ tn Heb “what did you find from all the goods of your house?”

[31:37]  ² tn Heb “your relatives.” The word “relatives” has not been repeated in the translation here for stylistic reasons.

[31:37]  ³ tn Heb “that they may decide between us two.”

[39:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he said.”

[39:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “know.”

[39:8]  ⁶ tn The word “here” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[39:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “hand.” This is a metonymy for being under the control or care of Joseph.

[39:9]  ⁸ tn The nuance of potential imperfect fits this context.

[39:1]  ⁹ tn The disjunctive clause resumes the earlier narrative pertaining to Joseph by recapitulating the event described in 37:36. The perfect verbal form is given a past perfect translation to restore the sequence of the narrative for the reader.

[39:1]  ¹⁰ sn Captain of the guard. See the note on this phrase in Gen 37:36.

[39:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “from the hand of.”

[26:23]  ¹² tn Heb “and the Lord returns to the man his righteousness and his faithfulness.”

[101:6]  ¹³ tn Heb “my eyes [are] on the faithful of the land.”

[101:6]  ¹⁴ tn The Hebrew text simply reads, “in order to live with me.”

[101:6]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “one who walks in the way of integrity, he will minister to me.”

[24:45]  ¹⁶ tn See the note on the word “slave” in 8:9.

[24:45]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “give them.”

[16:10]  ¹⁸ sn The point of the statement faithful in a very little is that character is shown in how little things are treated.

[16:1]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:1]  ²⁰ tn These are not formal legal charges, but reports from friends, acquaintances, etc.; Grk “A certain man was rich who had a manager, and this one was reported to him as wasting his property.”

[16:1]  ²¹ sn His manager was the steward in charge of managing the house. He could have been a slave trained for the role.

[16:1]  ²² tn Or “squandering.” This verb is graphic; it means to scatter (L&N 57.151).