Matthew 5:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

With

Luke 14:31

Whiles

Hebrews 12:17

And the

1 Kings 22:26

Bible References

With

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

He himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times until he approached his brother.

Now consider carefully what you must do, because there is certain to be trouble for our master and his entire family. He is such a worthless fool nobody can talk to him!”

My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor
or entered into an agreement with a stranger,

Don’t take a matter to court hastily.
Otherwise, what will you do afterward
if your opponent humiliates you?

As you are going with your adversary to the ruler, make an effort to settle with him on the way. Then he won’t drag you before the judge, the judge hand you over to the bailiff, and the bailiff throw you into prison.

“Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with 10,000 to oppose the one who comes against him with 20,000?

Whiles

Come to terms with God and be at peace;
in this way good will come to you.

Therefore let everyone who is faithful pray to You
at a time that You may be found.

When great floodwaters come,
they will not reach him.

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
call to Him while He is near.

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because I tell you, many will try to enter and won’t be able

For He says:

I heard you in an acceptable time,
and I helped you in the day of salvation.

Look, now is the acceptable time; now is the day of salvation.

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:

Today, if you hear His voice,

For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected because he didn’t find any opportunity for repentance, though he sought it with tears.

And the

Then the king of Israel ordered, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon, the governor of the city, and to Joash, the king’s son,