Topic
Adjudication at Law
4 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1896 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Proverbs 17:14Nave TO BE AVOIDED
The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
- Proverbs 20:3Nave TO BE AVOIDED
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
- Proverbs 25:8–10Nave TO BE AVOIDED
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. Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another: Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and…
- Matthew 5:25Nave TO BE AVOIDED
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.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 4 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → TO BE AVOIDED Pr 17:14; 20:3; 25:8-10; Mt 5:25
- → See ACTIONS AT LAW
- → See ARBITRATION
- → See COMPROMISE
- → See COURTS
- → See JUSTICE
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.