Settle with Your Accuser
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"Yes, and why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right?
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a "When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort b along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
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"I tell you, you shall not depart from there till you have paid the very last mite."
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Cross References
Proverbs 25:8
Do not go hastily to court; For what will you do in the end, When your neighbor has put you to shame?
Matthew 5:25
Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.
Matthew 5:26
Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny.
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Cross References
Psalms 32:6
For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You In a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters They shall not come near him.
Isaiah 55:6
Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near.
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