Luke 12:58

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Go not forth hastily to strive, Lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee,

Give

Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee.

There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

For this let every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach unto him.

My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbor, If thou hast stricken thy hands for a stranger;

Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:

(for he saith, At an acceptable time I hearkened unto thee, And in a day of salvation did I succor thee: behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation):

Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,

The judge

Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold on thee .

Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:

Into

And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay that which was due.

in which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison,

And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,