1 Corinthians 6:7

Authorized King James Version (1611)

Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather [suffer yourselves to] be defrauded?

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  • Prov 20:22 : 22 ¶ Say not thou, I will recompense evil; [but] wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
  • Jas 4:1-3 : 1 ¶ From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence, [even] of your lusts that war in your members? 2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts.
  • 1 Pet 2:19-23 : 19 For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory [is it], if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God. 21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
  • Rom 12:17-19 : 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
  • Matt 5:39-41 : 39 ‹But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.› 40 ‹And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have› [thy] ‹cloke also.› 41 ‹And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.›
  • Luke 6:29 : 29 ‹And unto him that smiteth thee on the› [one] ‹cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not› [to take thy] ‹coat also.›
  • 1 Thess 5:15 : 15 See that none render evil for evil unto any [man]; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all [men].
  • Hos 10:2 : 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
  • Prov 2:5 : 5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.
  • Prov 2:8-9 : 8 He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. 9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; [yea], every good path. 10 ¶ When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

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