Verse 7

Nowe therefore there is vtterly a fault among you, because ye go to lawe one with another: Why rather suffer ye not wrong? why rather suffer ye not harme?

Referenced Verses

• Prov 20:22 : 22 Say not thou, I wyll recompence euyll: but put thy trust in the Lorde, and he shall deliuer thee.
• 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Not rendryng euyl for euyll, or rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywyse blesse, knowyng that ye are therevnto called, euen that ye shoulde be heyres of the blessyng.
• Jas 4:1-3 : 1 From whence cometh warre and fightyng among you? come they not here hence, euen of your lustes that fight in your members? 2 Ye lust, and haue not: Ye enuie, and haue indignation, and can not obtayne: Ye fyght and warre, ye haue not, because ye aske not. 3 Ye aske and receaue not, because ye aske amisse, euen to consume it vpon your lustes.
• 1 Pet 2:19-23 : 19 For it is thanke worthy, yf a man for coscience toward god, endure griefe, and suffer wrong vndeserued. 20 For what prayse is it, yf when ye be buffeted for your faultes, ye take it paciently? But yf when ye do well ye suffer wrong, & take it paciently, then is there thanke with God. 21 For herevnto veryly were ye called, for Christe also suffered for vs, leauyng vs an ensample, that ye should folowe his steppes. 22 Which did no sinne, neyther was there guyle founde in his mouth. 23 Whiche when he was reuiled, reuiled not agayne: when he suffred, he threatned not, but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth righteously.
• Rom 12:17-19 : 17 Recompensyng to no man euyll for euyll. Prouydyng afore hande thynges honest, not only before God, but also in the syght of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as lyeth in you, lyue peaceably with all men. 19 Dearely beloued, auenge not your selues, but rather geue place vnto wrath. For it is written: Uengeaunce is myne, I wyll repay sayth the Lorde.
• Matt 5:39-41 : 39 But, I say vnto you, that ye resist not euyll. But, whosoeuer geueth thee a blowe on thy right cheeke, turne to him the other also. 40 And yf any man wyll sue thee at the lawe, and take away thy coate, let him haue thy cloke also. 41 And whosoeuer wyll compell thee to go a myle, go with hym twayne.
• Luke 6:29 : 29 And vnto hym that smyteth thee on the one cheeke, offer also the other. And hym that taketh away thy cloke, forbyd not to take thy coate also.
• 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto any man: but euer folowe that whiche is good, both among your selues, and to all men.
• Hos 10:2 : 2 Their heart is deuided, therfore shall they nowe be destroyed, the Lorde shall breake downe their images, he shall destroy their aulters.
• Prov 2:5 : 5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God.
• Prov 2:8-9 : 8 That they may kepe the right path: and he preserueth the way of such as do serue him with godlinesse. 9 Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, and iudgement, and equitie, yea and euery good path. 10 When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and thy soule deliteth in knowledge: