Matthew 5:25 Cross References

Matthew 5:25

25: Come to terms quickly with your enemy before it is too late and you are dragged into court, handed over to an officer, and thrown in jail.

If you are on the way to court and you meet your accuser, try to settle the matter before it reaches the judge, or you may be sentenced and handed over to an officer and thrown in jail.
And if that happens, you won't be free again until you have paid the last penny."

don't be in a hurry to go to court. You might go down before your neighbors in shameful defeat.

You must warn each other every day, as long as it is called "today," so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.

"Or what king would ever dream of going to war without first sitting down with his counselors and discussing whether his army of ten thousand is strong enough to defeat the twenty thousand soldiers who are marching against him?
If he is not able, then while the enemy is still far away, he will send a delegation to discuss terms of peace.

"The door to heaven is narrow. Work hard to get in, because many will try to enter,
but when the head of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. Then you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Lord, open the door for us!' But he will reply, 'I do not know you.'

Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.
Let the people turn from their wicked deeds. Let them banish from their minds the very thought of doing wrong! Let them turn to the LORD that he may have mercy on them. Yes, turn to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

Jacob now sent messengers to his brother, Esau, in Edom, the land of Seir.
He told them, "Give this message to my master Esau: `Humble greetings from your servant Jacob! I have been living with Uncle Laban until recently,
and now I own oxen, donkeys, sheep, goats, and many servants, both men and women. I have sent these messengers to inform you of my coming, hoping that you will be friendly to us.'"
The messengers returned with the news that Esau was on his way to meet Jacob--with an army of four hundred men!
Jacob was terrified at the news. He divided his household, along with the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps.

My child, if you co-sign a loan for a friend or guarantee the debt of someone you hardly know--
if you have trapped yourself by your agreement and are caught by what you said--
quick, get out of it if you possibly can! You have placed yourself at your friend's mercy. Now swallow your pride; go and beg to have your name erased.
Don't put it off. Do it now! Don't rest until you do.
Save yourself like a deer escaping from a hunter, like a bird fleeing from a net.

"Stop quarreling with God! If you agree with him, you will have peace at last, and things will go well for you.

King Ahab of Israel then ordered, "Arrest Micaiah and take him back to Amon, the governor of the city, and to my son Joash.
Give them this order from the king: `Put this man in prison, and feed him nothing but bread and water until I return safely from the battle!'"

And afterward, when he wanted his father's blessing, he was rejected. It was too late for repentance, even though he wept bitter tears.

Then Jacob went on ahead. As he approached his brother, he bowed low seven times before him.
Then Esau ran to meet him and embraced him affectionately and kissed him. Both of them were in tears.
Then Esau looked at the women and children and asked, "Who are these people with you?These are the children God has graciously given to me," Jacob replied.
Then the concubines came forward with their children and bowed low before him.
Next Leah came with her children, and they bowed down. Finally, Rachel and Joseph came and made their bows.

For God says, "At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you." Indeed, God is ready to help you right now. Today is the day of salvation.

Therefore, let all the godly confess their rebellion to you while there is time, that they may not drown in the floodwaters of judgment.

You'd better think fast, for there is going to be trouble for our master and his whole family. He's so ill-tempered that no one can even talk to him!"
Abigail lost no time. She quickly gathered two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, nearly a bushel of roasted grain, one hundred raisin cakes, and two hundred fig cakes. She packed them on donkeys and said to her servants,
"Go on ahead. I will follow you shortly." But she didn't tell her husband what she was doing.
As she was riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, she saw David and his men coming toward her.
David had just been saying, "A lot of good it did to help this fellow. We protected his flocks in the wilderness, and nothing he owned was lost or stolen. But he has repaid me evil for good.

Jacob stayed where he was for the night and prepared a present for Esau:
two hundred female goats, twenty male goats, two hundred ewes, twenty rams,
thirty female camels with their young, forty cows, ten bulls, twenty female donkeys, and ten male donkeys.
He told his servants to lead them on ahead, each group of animals by itself, separated by a distance in between.
He gave these instructions to the men leading the first group: "When you meet Esau, he will ask, `Where are you going? Whose servants are you? Whose animals are these?'

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