5 Suppose there is a truly good man who always does what is fair and right.
6 He refuses to eat meat sacrificed to foreign gods at local shrines or to worship Israel's idols. He doesn't have sex with someone else's wife or with a woman having her monthly period.
7 He never cheats or robs anyone and always returns anything taken as security for a loan; he gives food and clothes to the poor
8 and doesn't charge interest when lending money. He refuses to do anything evil; he is fair to everyone
9 and faithfully obeys my laws and teachings. This man is good, and I promise he will live.
10 But suppose this good man has an evil son who is violent and commits sins
11 his father never did. He eats meat at local shrines, has sex with someone else's wife,