Bible Cross References
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Proverbs 2:5
If you do, you will know what it means to fear the LORD and you will succeed in learning about God.
Proverbs 2:8-10
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He protects those who treat others fairly, and guards those who are devoted to him.
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If you listen to me, you will know what is right, just, and fair. You will know what you should do.
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You will become wise, and your knowledge will give you pleasure.
Hosea 10:2
The people whose hearts are deceitful must now suffer for their sins. God will break down their altars and destroy their sacred pillars.
James 4:1-3
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Where do all the fights and quarrels among you come from? They come from your desires for pleasure, which are constantly fighting within you.
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You want things, but you cannot have them, so you are ready to kill; you strongly desire things, but you cannot get them, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have what you want because you do not ask God for it.
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And when you ask, you do not receive it, because your motives are bad; you ask for things to use for your own pleasures.
Why
Proverbs 20:22
Don't take it on yourself to repay a wrong. Trust the LORD and he will make it right.
Matthew 5:39-41
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But now I tell you: do not take revenge on someone who wrongs you. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, let him slap your left cheek too.
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And if someone takes you to court to sue you for your shirt, let him have your coat as well.
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And if one of the occupation troops forces you to carry his pack one mile, carry it two miles.
Luke 6:29
If anyone hits you on one cheek, let him hit the other one too; if someone takes your coat, let him have your shirt as well.
Romans 12:17-19
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If someone has done you wrong, do not repay him with a wrong. Try to do what everyone considers to be good.
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Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody.
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Never take revenge, my friends, but instead let God's anger do it. For the scripture says, "I will take revenge, I will pay back, says the Lord."
1 Thessalonians 5:15
See that no one pays back wrong for wrong, but at all times make it your aim to do good to one another and to all people.
1 Peter 2:19-23
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God will bless you for this, if you endure the pain of undeserved suffering because you are conscious of his will.
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For what credit is there if you endure the beatings you deserve for having done wrong? But if you endure suffering even when you have done right, God will bless you for it.
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It was to this that God called you, for Christ himself suffered for you and left you an example, so that you would follow in his steps.
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He committed no sin, and no one ever heard a lie come from his lips.
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When he was insulted, he did not answer back with an insult; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but placed his hopes in God, the righteous Judge.
1 Peter 3:9
Do not pay back evil with evil or cursing with cursing; instead, pay back with a blessing, because a blessing is what God promised to give you when he called you.