Luke 17:3

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Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 19:17 : 17 You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.
  • Matt 18:21 : 21 Then Peter came to him and said,“Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?”
  • Matt 18:15-17 : 15 Restoring Christian Relationships“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established. 17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile 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, lest it become a snare among you.
  • Deut 4:9 : 9 Reminder of the Horeb Covenant Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren.
  • Deut 4:23 : 23 Be on guard so that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he has made with you, and that you do not make an image of any kind, just as he has forbidden you.
  • 2 Chr 19:6-7 : 6 He told the judges,“Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the LORD, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions. 7 Respect the LORD and make careful decisions, for the LORD our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.”
  • Ps 141:5 : 5 May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds.
  • Prov 9:8 : 8 Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.
  • Prov 17:10 : 10 A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.
  • Prov 27:5 : 5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
  • Luke 21:34 : 34 Be Ready!“But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 Live Wisely Therefore consider carefully how you live– not as unwise but as wise,
  • Heb 12:15 : 15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through it many become defiled.
  • 2 John 1:8 : 8 Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward.
  • Jas 5:19 : 19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,
  • Gal 2:11-14 : 11 Paul Rebukes Peter But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong. 12 Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and separated himself because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews also joined with him in this hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray with them by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all,“If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
  • Deut 4:15 : 15 The Nature of Israel’s God Be very careful, then, because you saw no form at the time the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the middle of the fire.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 17:4
    90%

    4 Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying,‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

  • Matt 18:15-17
    3 verses
    83%

    15 Restoring Christian Relationships“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother.

    16 But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established.

    17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector.

  • Matt 18:33-35
    3 verses
    81%

    33 Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?’

    34 And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture him until he repaid all he owed.

    35 So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your brother from your heart.”

  • Matt 18:21-23
    3 verses
    79%

    21 Then Peter came to him and said,“Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?”

    22 Jesus said to him,“Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times!

    23 The Parable of the Unforgiving Slave“For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves.

  • Matt 5:23-25
    3 verses
    79%

    23 So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there you 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 and then come and present your gift.

    25 Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

  • Matt 6:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

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

    15 But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.

  • Luke 17:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 Sin, Forgiveness, Faith, and Service Jesus said to his disciples,“Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

    2 It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin.

  • Mark 11:25
    77%

    25 Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins.”

  • 2 Thess 3:15
    75%

    15 Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

  • Col 3:13
    75%

    13 bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.

  • Gal 6:1
    75%

    1 Support One Another Brothers and sisters, if a person is discovered in some sin, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. Pay close attention to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too.

  • Lev 19:17
    74%

    17 You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him.

  • 2 Cor 2:7
    74%

    7 so that now instead you should rather forgive and comfort him. This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair.

  • Luke 6:37
    74%

    37 Do Not Judge Others“Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.

  • Acts 8:22
    74%

    22 Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart.

  • Jas 5:19
    73%

    19 My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back,

  • Matt 7:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3 Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

    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?

  • Luke 11:4
    72%

    4 and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation.”

  • Deut 25:3
    71%

    3 The judge may sentence him to forty blows, but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite with contempt.

  • Matt 6:12
    71%

    12 and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors.

  • Eph 4:32
    71%

    32 Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you.

  • Luke 6:41-42
    2 verses
    70%

    41 Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own?

    42 How can you say to your brother,‘Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,’ while you yourself don’t see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

  • Mark 3:28-29
    2 verses
    70%

    28 I tell you the truth, people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter.

    29 But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin”

  • Prov 17:9
    70%

    9 The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends.

  • Matt 18:9
    69%

    9 And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell.

  • Deut 19:19
    69%

    19 you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

  • Luke 6:29
    69%

    29 To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either.

  • 1 Cor 8:12
    69%

    12 If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

  • Mark 4:12
    69%

    12 so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

  • 1 John 5:16
    69%

    16 If anyone sees his fellow Christian committing a sin not resulting in death, he should ask, and God will grant life to the person who commits a sin not resulting in death. There is a sin resulting in death. I do not say that he should ask about that.

  • 2 Cor 2:10
    69%

    10 If you forgive anyone for anything, I also forgive him– for indeed what I have forgiven(if I have forgiven anything) I did so for you in the presence of Christ,

  • Luke 12:10
    69%

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

  • Num 5:7
    69%

    7 then he must confess his sin that he has committed and must make full reparation, add one fifth to it, and give it to whomever he wronged.

  • Matt 12:31
    69%

    31 For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

  • Mark 9:47
    69%

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

  • Matt 18:7
    69%

    7 Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

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