Topic
Lawsuits
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 They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently.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 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.
- Matthew 5:26Nave To be avoided
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
- 1 Corinthians 6:1–8Nave To be avoided
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? 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? Know ye…
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 4 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → To be avoided Pr 25:8-10; Mt 5:25,26; 1Co 6:1-8
- → See ACTIONS AT LAW
- → See ADJUDICATION
- → 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.