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LAWSUITS Matt 5:40, 1 Cor 6:1-8
Key KJV Scriptures:
Matthew 5:25-26; 1 Corinthians 6:1-8; Romans 13:1-7; Acts 22:25-29; 25:10-12
Key KJV Scriptures: Full Text
28 indexed verses · Showing 1–28. Read each passage in its chapter context.
Proverbs 25:8 (KJV)
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Proverbs 25:9 (KJV)
Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another:
Proverbs 25:10 (KJV)
Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
Matthew 5:25 (KJV)
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.
Matthew 5:26 (KJV)
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Acts 22:25 (KJV)
And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
Acts 22:26 (KJV)
When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
Acts 22:27 (KJV)
Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
Acts 22:28 (KJV)
And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
Acts 22:29 (KJV)
Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
Acts 25:10 (KJV)
Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.
Acts 25:11 (KJV)
For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
Acts 25:12 (KJV)
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.
Romans 13:1 (KJV)
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Romans 13:2 (KJV)
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
Romans 13:3 (KJV)
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
Romans 13:4 (KJV)
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Romans 13:5 (KJV)
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Romans 13:6 (KJV)
For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
Romans 13:7 (KJV)
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
1 Corinthians 6:1 (KJV)
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
1 Corinthians 6:2 (KJV)
Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
1 Corinthians 6:3 (KJV)
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
1 Corinthians 6:4 (KJV)
If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
1 Corinthians 6:5 (KJV)
I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
1 Corinthians 6:6 (KJV)
But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
1 Corinthians 6:7 (KJV)
Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
1 Corinthians 6:8 (KJV)
Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
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