Being Offended
10 passages
- Ecclesiastes 7:21–22
21Do not pay attention to every word that is spoken, or you may hear your servant cursing you. 22For you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.
Read it in context - Proverbs 19:11
A man’s insight gives him patience, and his virtue is to overlook an offense.
Read it in context - James 1:19
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
Read it in context - Luke 7:23
Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
Read it in context - Matthew 18:15–17
15If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. 16But 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.’ 17If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
Read it in context - James 1:12
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
Read it in context - 2 Timothy 2:24
And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
Read it in context - Luke 6:22–23
22Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man. 23Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.
Read it in context - Exodus 14:14
The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Read it in context - Proverbs 18:19
An offended brother is harder to win than a fortified city, and disputes are like the bars of a castle.
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