Luke 12:58

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Luke 12:58

For while you are going with your opponent [at law] to appear before a magistrate, on the way make an effort to settle, so that he does not drag you before the judge, and the judge does not [rule against you and] turn you over to the officer, and the officer does not throw you into prison.

Matthew 5:23-26

So if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and while there you remember that your brother has something [such as a grievance or legitimate complaint] against you,

Matthew 18:30

But he was unwilling and he went and had him thrown in prison until he paid back the debt.

Genesis 32:3-28

Then Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

1 Samuel 25:18-35

Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two jugs of wine, five sheep already prepared [for roasting], five measures of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys.

Job 22:21

“Now yield and submit yourself to Him [agree with God and be conformed to His will] and be at peace;
In this way [you will prosper and great] good will come to you.

Job 23:7

“There the righteous and upright could reason with Him;
So I would be acquitted forever by my Judge.

Job 36:17-18

“But you [Job] were full of judgment on the wicked,
Judgment and justice take hold of you.

Psalm 32:6

Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You [for forgiveness] in a time when You [are near and] may be found;
Surely when the great waters [of trial and distressing times] overflow they will not reach [the spirit in] him.

Psalm 50:22

“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].

Proverbs 6:1-5

My son, if you have become surety (guaranteed a debt or obligation) for your neighbor,
If you have given your pledge for [the debt of] a stranger or another [outside your family],

Proverbs 25:8-9

Do not rush out to argue your case [before magistrates or judges];
Otherwise what will you do in the end [when your case is lost and]
When your neighbor (opponent) humiliates you?

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
Call on Him [for salvation] while He is near.

Luke 13:24-28

“Strive to enter through the narrow door [force aside unbelief and the attractions of sin]; for many, I tell you, will try to enter [by their own works] and will not be able.

Luke 14:31-32

Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one who is coming against him with twenty thousand?

2 Corinthians 6:2

For He says,“At the acceptable time (the time of grace) I listened to you,
And I helped you on the day of salvation.” Behold, now is “the acceptable time,” behold, now is “the day of salvation”—

Hebrews 3:7-13

Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,

“Today if you hear His voice,

1 Peter 3:19

in which He also went and preached to the spirits now in prison,

Revelation 20:7

And when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison (the abyss),

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Summary

Luke 12:58

When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

Thou goest

Proverbs 25:8

Matthew 5:23

Give

The judge

Luke 13:24

Job 36:17

Psalm 50:22

Into

Matthew 18:30

1 Peter 3:19

Revelation 20:7

Bible References

Thou goest

Do not rush out to argue your case [before magistrates or judges];
Otherwise what will you do in the end [when your case is lost and]
When your neighbor (opponent) humiliates you?

So if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and while there you remember that your brother has something [such as a grievance or legitimate complaint] against you,

Give

Then Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

“Now yield and submit yourself to Him [agree with God and be conformed to His will] and be at peace;
In this way [you will prosper and great] good will come to you.

“There the righteous and upright could reason with Him;
So I would be acquitted forever by my Judge.

My son, if you have become surety (guaranteed a debt or obligation) for your neighbor,
If you have given your pledge for [the debt of] a stranger or another [outside your family],

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
Call on Him [for salvation] while He is near.

Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,

“Today if you hear His voice,

The judge

“Strive to enter through the narrow door [force aside unbelief and the attractions of sin]; for many, I tell you, will try to enter [by their own works] and will not be able.

“But you [Job] were full of judgment on the wicked,
Judgment and justice take hold of you.

“Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be no one to rescue [you].

Into

But he was unwilling and he went and had him thrown in prison until he paid back the debt.

in which He also went and preached to the spirits now in prison,

And when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison (the abyss),