Luke 17:3

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Be on guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

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  • Lev 19:17 : 17 Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your neighbor, and do not bear sin because of him.
  • Matt 18:21 : 21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?"
  • Matt 18:15-17 : 15 If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. 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, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
  • Exod 34:12 : 12 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, or they will become a snare in your midst.
  • Deut 4:9 : 9 Only be careful and guard your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.
  • Deut 4:23 : 23 Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which He made with you, and not to make for yourselves a carved image in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
  • 2 Chr 19:6-7 : 6 He said to the judges, 'Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for mere mortals, but for the LORD, who is with you whenever you give a judgment.' 7 Now let the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful and act, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice, partiality, or taking of bribes.
  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let a righteous person strike me—it is a kindness; let them rebuke me—it is oil on my head, which my head will not refuse. For my prayer is still against the deeds of the wicked.
  • Prov 9:8 : 8 Do not rebuke a mocker, or they will hate you; rebuke a wise person, and they will love you.
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.
  • Prov 27:5 : 5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with indulgence, drunkenness, and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 Be very careful, then, how you walk—not as unwise but as wise.
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
  • 2 John 1:8 : 8 Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.
  • Jas 5:19 : 19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you strays from the truth and someone turns them back,
  • Gal 2:11-14 : 11 But when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they came, he began to draw back and separate himself, fearing those of the circumcision group. 13 And the rest of the Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, 'If you, being a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?'
  • Deut 4:15 : 15 So be very careful for your own lives, because you did not see any form on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 4 And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him.

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    15 If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. 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, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

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    33 'Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had mercy on you?'

    34 In anger, his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he should pay back all he owed.

    35 This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.

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    21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?"

    22 Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.

    23 Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

  • Matt 5:23-25
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    79%

    23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

    24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

    25 Settle matters quickly with your adversary while you are on the way to court. Otherwise, your adversary may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

  • Matt 6:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14 For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

    15 But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

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    25 'And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.'

    26 'But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses.'

  • Luke 17:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 Jesus said to his disciples, 'It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come!'

    2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than for him to cause one of these little ones to stumble.

  • 15 Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as a brother or sister.

  • 13 Bear with one another and forgive one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord forgave you, so also you must forgive.

  • 1 Brothers, if someone is caught in any wrongdoing, you who are spiritual should restore such a person with a gentle spirit. Watch yourself, so that you too might not be tempted.

  • 17 Do not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your neighbor, and do not bear sin because of him.

  • 7 Instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

  • 37 Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.

  • 22 Repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps he will forgive you for having such thoughts in your heart.

  • 19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you strays from the truth and someone turns them back,

  • Matt 7:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3 Why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not notice the beam in your own eye?

    4 Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye,' while there is a beam in your own eye?

  • 4 Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.'

  • 3 He may be given up to forty lashes but no more, so that the punishment does not exceed this, and your brother is not degraded in your sight by excessive beating.

  • 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

  • 32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.

  • Luke 6:41-42
    2 verses
    70%

    41 Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

    42 How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the speck in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.

  • Mark 3:28-29
    2 verses
    70%

    28 Truly I tell you, all sins and blasphemies of men will be forgiven,

    29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of eternal sin.

  • 9 Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

  • 9 And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

  • 19 you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from among you.

  • 29 If someone strikes you on one cheek, offer them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt either.

  • 12 When you sin in this way against your brothers and sisters and wound their weak consciences, you are sinning against Christ.

  • 12 "So that, 'Though they see, they may see and not perceive; and though they hear, they may hear and not understand; otherwise they might turn back and be forgiven.'

  • 16 If anyone sees a brother or sister committing a sin that does not lead to death, they should pray, and God will give life to them—those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying that one should pray about that.

  • 10 Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if I have forgiven anything—it has been for your benefit in the presence of Christ.

  • 10 And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

  • 7 They must confess the sin they have committed. They must fully repay the one they wronged, adding a fifth of the value and giving it to the person they have wronged.

  • 31 Therefore, I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

  • 47 If your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

  • 7 Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come!