Topic
COMPROMISE
BEFORE LITIGATION, ENJOINED PRO 25:8-10; MAT 5:25,26; LUK 12:58,59
Passages on this topic · 7
- Proverbs 25:8
Don’t be hasty in bringing charges to court. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
- Proverbs 25:9
Debate your case with your neighbor, and don’t betray the confidence of another;
- Proverbs 25:10
lest one who hears it put you to shame, and your bad reputation never depart.
- Matthew 5:25
Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison.
- Matthew 5:26
Most certainly I tell you, you shall by no means get out of there, until you have paid the last penny.
- Luke 12:58
For when you are going with your adversary before the magistrate, try diligently on the way to be released from him, lest perhaps he drag you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
- Luke 12:59
I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny. ”
From Nave’s Topical Bible (public domain).