Matthew 5:25
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25 Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are on the way to court[a] with him, or your accuser may hand you over to the judge and the judge to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison.(A)
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- 5.25 Gk lacks to court
Luke 12:58-59
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58 Thus when you go with your accuser before a magistrate, on the way make an effort to reach a settlement,[a] or you may be dragged before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you in prison.(A) 59 I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the very last penny.”(B)
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- 12.58 Gk settle with him
Proverbs 25:8
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8 do not hastily bring into court,
for[a] what will you do in the end,
when your neighbor puts you to shame?(A)
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- 25.8 Cn: Heb or else
Hebrews 3:13
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13 But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
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Hebrews 3:7
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Warning against Unbelief
7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says,
“Today, if you hear his voice,(A)
Luke 14:31-32
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31 Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 If he cannot, then while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace.
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Isaiah 55:6-7
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6 Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;(A)
7 let the wicked forsake their way
and the unrighteous their thoughts;
let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.(B)
Luke 13:24-25
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24 “Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.(A) 25 Once the owner of the house has got up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us,’ then in reply he will say to you, ‘I do not know where you come from.’(B)
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Hebrews 12:17
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17 You know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, even though he sought the blessing[a] with tears.(A)
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- 12.17 Gk it
Proverbs 6:1-5
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Practical Admonitions
6 My child, if you have given your pledge to your neighbor,
if you have bound yourself to another,[a](A)
2 you are snared by the utterance of your lips,[b]
caught by the words of your mouth.
3 So do this, my child, and save yourself,
for you have come into your neighbor’s power:
go, hurry,[c] and plead with your neighbor.
4 Give your eyes no sleep
and your eyelids no slumber;(B)
5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter,[d]
like a bird from the hand of the fowler.(C)
Job 22:21
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- 22.21 Heb him
1 Kings 22:26-27
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26 The king of Israel then ordered, “Take Micaiah, and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son, 27 and say: Thus says the king: Put this fellow in prison, and feed him on reduced rations of bread and water until I come in peace.”(A)
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2 Corinthians 6:2
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2 For he says,
“At an acceptable time I have listened to you,
and on a day of salvation I have helped you.”
Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation!(A)
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