Matthew 18:15

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Matthew 18:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

14 In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

15 If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

16 But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’

17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

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Matthew 18:35

That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”

Leviticus 6:2

“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor

Leviticus 6:3

or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—

Leviticus 6:4

once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,

Leviticus 6:5

or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.

Leviticus 6:6

Then he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock.

Leviticus 6:7

In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.”

Luke 17:3

Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

Luke 17:4

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

1 Corinthians 6:6

Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!

1 Corinthians 6:7

The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

1 Corinthians 6:8

Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!

1 Corinthians 8:12

By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

2 Corinthians 7:12

So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

Colossians 3:13

Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

Leviticus 19:17

You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.

Psalms 141:5

Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.

Proverbs 25:9

Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,

Proverbs 25:10

lest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your infamy never go away.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

Romans 12:21

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

1 Corinthians 9:19

Though I am free of obligation to anyone, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

1 Corinthians 9:20

To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), to win those under the law.

1 Corinthians 9:21

To those without the law I became like one without the law (though I am not outside the law of God but am under the law of Christ), to win those without the law.

James 5:19

My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,

James 5:20

consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

1 Peter 3:1

Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives