Matthew 5:25 Cross References - MSTC

²⁵ Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest that adversary deliver ye to the judge, and the judge deliver ye to the minister, and then thou be cast into prison.

³ Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, unto the land of Seir and the field of Edom. ⁴ And he commanded them, saying, "See that ye speak after this manner to my LORD Esau, 'thy servant, Jacob, sayeth thus: I have sojourned and been a stranger with Laban unto this time; ⁵ and have gotten oxen, asses and sheep, menservants and womenservants, and have sent to show it my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.'" ⁶ And the messengers came again to Jacob, saying, "We came unto thy brother Esau, and he cometh against thee; and four hundred men with him." ⁷ Then was Jacob greatly afraid, and wist not which way to turn himself, and divided the people that was with him and the sheep, oxen and camels, into two companies, ⁸ and said, "If Esau come to the one part and smite it, the other may save itself."

¹³ And he tarried there that same night, and took of that which came to hand, a present, unto Esau his brother: ¹⁴ Two hundred she goats and twenty he goats: two hundred sheep and twenty rams: ¹⁵ thirty milch camels with their colts: forty cows and ten bulls: twenty she asses and ten foals ¹⁶ and delivered them unto his servants, every drove by themselves, and said unto them, "Go forth before me, and put a space betwixt every drove." ¹⁷ And he commanded the foremost, saying, "When Esau my brother meeteth thee and asketh thee, saying, 'whose servant art thou and whither goest thou, and whose are these that go before thee?' ¹⁸ thou shalt say, 'they be thy servant Jacob's, and are a present sent unto my lord Esau, and behold, he himself cometh after us.'" ¹⁹ And so commanded he the second, and even so the third, and likewise all that followed the droves, saying, "Of this manner see that ye speak unto Esau when ye meet him, ²⁰ and say moreover. 'Behold thy servant Jacob cometh after us.'" For he said, "I will appease his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see him myself, so peradventure he will receive me to grace." ²¹ So went the present before him, and he tarried all that night in the tent, ²² and rose up the same night and took his two wives and his two maidens and his eleven sons, and went over the ford Jabbok.

³ And he went before them and fell on the ground seven times, until he came unto his brother. ⁴ Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. ⁵ And he lift up his eyes and saw the wives and their children, and said, "What are these which thou there hast?" And he said, "They are the children which God hath given thy servant." ⁶ Then came the maidens forth, and did their obeisance. ⁷ Lea also and her children came and did their obeisance. And last of all came Joseph and Rachel and did their obeisance. ⁸ And he said, "What meanest thou with all the droves which I met?" And he answered, "To find grace in the sight of my lord." ⁹ And Esau said, "I have enough my brother, keep that thou hast unto thyself." ¹⁰ Jacob answered, "O nay, but if I have found grace in thy sight, receive my present of my hand: for I have seen thy face as though I had seen the face of God: wherefore receive me to grace ¹¹ and take my blessing that I have brought thee, for God hath given it me freely. And I have enough of all things." And so he compelled him to take it.

¹⁷ Now take heed and see what thou hast to do, for it is concluded to do mischief unto our master and to all his household. And he is ungracious to speak to." ¹⁸ Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves and two bottles of wine and five sheep ready dressed and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred bundles of raisins and two hundred frails of figs, and laded them on asses, ¹⁹ and said unto her young men, "Go before me, and see I come after you," and told her husband Nabal nothing thereof. ²⁰ And as she rode on her ass and was coming down in a slade of the hill, David and his men came down against her, and she met them. ²¹ And David said, "In vain have I kept all that this fellow had in the wilderness: so that nought was missed that pertained unto him, for he hath quite me with evil for good. ²² God do this and yet more unto the enemies of David, if until tomorrow in the morning I leave this man, of all that he hath, so much as one that pisseth against the wall." ²³ When Abigail saw David, she hasted and lighted off her ass and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, ²⁴ and fell at his feet and said, "Let this unhappy deed be counted mine, my lord, and let thine handmaid speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thy handmaid. ²⁵ Let not my lord regard this unthrifty man Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name and folly is with him. But I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord which thou sendest. ²⁶ And now my lord as sure as the LORD liveth and as thy soul liveth, the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood and from avenging thyself with thine own hand. Furthermore, I pray God that thine enemies and they that intend to do my lord evil, may be as Nabal. ²⁷ And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord. ²⁸ Forgive the trespass of thine handmaid that the LORD may make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and there could none evil be found in thee in all thy life. ²⁹ And if any man rise to persecute thee and to seek thy soul, the soul of my lord be bound in a bundle of life with the LORD thy God. And the souls of thy enemies be slung in the middle of a sling. ³⁰ And moreover when the LORD shall have done to my lord all the good that he hath promised thee, and shall have made thee ruler over Israel: ³¹ then shall it be no grudge of conscience unto thee or discourage of heart unto my lord, that thou sheddest blood causeless and didst avenge thyself. And moreover when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then think on thine handmaid." ³² Then said David to Abigail, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel which sent thee this day to meet me. ³³ And blessed be thy behaviour, and blessed be thou which hath kept me this day from coming to shed blood and from avenging myself with mine own hand. ³⁴ For in very deed — as sure as the LORD God of Israel liveth which hath kept me back from hurting thee — except thou hadst hasted and met me, there had not been left Nabal, by the dawning of the day, a pisser against the wall." ³⁵ And so David received of her hand that she brought him, and said to her, "Go in peace to thine house. And see, I have obeyed thy voice and have received thee to grace."

²⁶ And the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and carry him back again into Amon the governor of the city, and unto Joab the king's son, ²⁷ and say, 'Thus sayeth the king. Put ye this fellow in the prison house and feed him with bread and water straightly, until I return in peace.'"

²¹ "Therefore reconcile thee unto God, and be content, so shall all things prosper with thee right well.

⁶ For this shall every saint make his prayer unto thee in due season; but in the great water-floods they shall not come nigh him.

¹ My son, if thou be surety for thy neighbour, thou hast fastened thine hand with another man: ² yea, thou art bound with thine own words, and taken with thine own speech. ³ Therefore my son, do this: and thou shalt be discharged, when thou art come into thy neighbour's danger. Go thy ways then soon, and entreat thy neighbour: ⁴ let not thine eyes sleep, nor thine eyelids slumber. ⁵ Save thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

⁸ Be not hasty to go to the law, lest thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbor hath confounded thee.

⁶ Seek the LORD, while he may be found, and call upon him while he is nigh. ⁷ Let the ungodly man forsake his ways and the unrighteous his imaginations, and turn again unto the LORD: so shall he be merciful unto him; and to our God, for he is ready to forgive.

⁵⁸ While thou goest with thine adversary to the ruler: as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him, lest he bring thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the jailer, and the jailer cast thee into prison. ⁵⁹ I tell thee thou departest not thence, till thou have made good the utmost mite.

²⁴ "Strive with yourselves to enter in at the strait gate: For many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. ²⁵ When the good man of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, ye shall begin to stand without, and to knock at the door saying, 'Lord, Lord, open unto us.' And he shall answer and say unto you, 'I know you not whence ye are.'

³¹ Or what king goeth to make battle against another king, and sitteth not down first, and casteth in his mind, whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand, ³² or else while the other is yet a great way off, he will send ambassadors, and desire peace.

² For he saith, "I have heard thee in a time accepted: and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee." Behold, now is that well accepted time. Behold, now is the day of salvation.

⁷ Wherefore, as the holy ghost saith, "Today if ye shall hear his voice,

¹³ but exhort one another daily, while it is called today, lest any of you wax hard hearted through the deceitfulness of sin.

¹⁷ Ye know how that afterward when that he would have inherited the blessing, he was put by, and he found no means to come thereby again: no, though he desired it with tears.