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

Be not hasty to go to the law, lest thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbor hath confounded thee.

Therefore when thou offerest thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;

Give

Or what king goeth to make battle against another king, and sitteth not down first, and casteth in his mind, whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand,

Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, unto the land of Seir and 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 corn, and a hundred bundles of raisins and two hundred frails of figs, and laded them on asses,

"Therefore reconcile thee unto God, and be content, so shall all things prosper with thee right well.

He that is just shall enter disputation with him, and my judge shall deliver me forever.

For this shall every saint make his prayer unto thee in due season; but in the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him.

My son, if thou be surety for thy neighbour, thou hast fastened thine hand with another man:

Seek the LORD, while he may be found, and call upon him while he is nigh.

For he saith, "I have heard thee in a time accepted: and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee." Behold, now is that well accepted time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

Wherefore, as the holy ghost saith, "Today if ye shall hear his voice,

The judge

"Strive with yourselves to enter in at the strait gate: For many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

Nevertheless, thou hast condemned the judgment of the ungodly; yea, even such a judgment and sentence shalt thou suffer.

O consider this, ye that forget God, lest I pluck you away, and there be none to deliver you.

Into

And he would not, but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

In which spirit, he also went and preached unto the spirits that were in prison,

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