Proverbs 25:8 Cross References

Proverbs 25:8

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

Matthew 5:25

  1. 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.

Proverbs 17:14

  1. Beginning a quarrel is like opening a floodgate, so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.

Proverbs 30:33

  1. As the beating of cream yields butter, and a blow to the nose causes bleeding, so anger causes quarrels.

Proverbs 18:6

  1. Fools get into constant quarrels; they are asking for a beating.

Proverbs 14:12

  1. There is a path before each person that seems right, but it ends in death.

Jeremiah 5:31

  1. the prophets give false prophecies, and the priests rule with an iron hand. And worse yet, my people like it that way! But what will you do when the end comes?

2 Samuel 2:14

  1. Then Abner suggested to Joab, "Let's have a few of our warriors put on an exhibition of hand-to-hand combat.All right," Joab agreed.
  2. So twelve men were chosen from each side to fight against each other.
  3. Each one grabbed his opponent by the hair and thrust his sword into the other's side so that all of them died. The place has been known ever since as the Field of Swords.

2 Samuel 2:26

  1. Abner shouted down to Joab, "Must we always solve our differences with swords? Don't you realize the only thing we will gain is bitterness toward each other? When will you call off your men from chasing their Israelite brothers?"

Luke 14:31

  1. "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?
  2. If he is not able, then while the enemy is still far away, he will send a delegation to discuss terms of peace.

2 Kings 14:8

  1. One day Amaziah sent this challenge to Israel's king Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz and grandson of Jehu: "Come and meet me in battle!"
  2. But King Jehoash of Israel replied to King Amaziah of Judah with this story: "Out in the Lebanon mountains a thistle sent a message to a mighty cedar tree: `Give your daughter in marriage to my son.' But just then a wild animal came by and stepped on the thistle, crushing it!
  3. You have indeed destroyed Edom and are very proud about it. Be content with your victory and stay at home! Why stir up trouble that will bring disaster on you and the people of Judah?"
  4. But Amaziah refused to listen, so King Jehoash of Israel mobilized his army against King Amaziah of Judah. The two armies drew up their battle lines at Beth-shemesh in Judah.
  5. Judah was routed by the army of Israel, and its army scattered and fled for home.
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