^7 (A)and there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. At that time ^(B)the Canaanites and the Perizzites were dwelling in the land.

²⁰ the herdsmen of Gerar ^(A)quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek,^[a] because they contended with him.

⁶ Abram ^(A)passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to ^(B)the oak^[a] of ^(C)Moreh. At that time ^(D)the Canaanites were in the land.

¹⁶ For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.

^12 (A)Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, ^(B)they may see your good deeds and glorify God on ^(C)the day of visitation.

Warning Against Worldliness

4 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions^[a] are ^(A)at war within you?^[b]

²⁰ idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, ^(A)divisions,

³⁰ Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, ^(A)“You have brought trouble on me ^(B)by making me stink to the inhabitants of the land, ^(C)the Canaanites and the Perizzites. ^(D)My numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household.”

³ For ^(A)we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

¹² so that you may ^(A)walk properly before ^(B)outsiders and be dependent on no one.