[That We Must Not Turn from the Way of Piety Either to the Right Hand or to the Left. An Exhortation of the Lawgiver.]
XIX. See that no one seduce thee 93 John iii. 36. John iii. 36. from piety; for says He: “Thou mayst not turn aside from it to the right hand, or to the left, that thou mayst have understanding in all that thou doest.” 94 Ex. xxxiv. 28; 1 Kings xix. 8; Dan. x. 2, 3. Ex. xxxiv. 28; 1 Kings xix. 8; Dan. x. 2, 3. For if thou dost not turn out of the right way, thou wilt not be ungodly.
[Sec. II.—On the Formation of the Character of Believers, and on Giving of Thanks to God.]
[19] Ὅρα, μή τίς σε πλανήσῃ ἀπὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας: »Οὐκ ἐκκλινεῖς γάρ, φησίν, ἀπ' αὐτῆς δεξιὰ ἢ εὐώνυμα, ἵνα συνῇς ἐν πᾶσιν οἷς ἐὰν πράσσῃς«: οὗ γὰρ ἂν ἐκτραπῇς ἔξω τῆς εὐθείας ὁδοῦ, δυσσεβήσεις.