Not Being Offended
10 passages
- Matthew 11:6
Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”
Read it in context - 2 Corinthians 12:10
That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Read it in context - Psalm 109:4
In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
Read it in context - Hebrews 12:11
No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
Read it in context - Proverbs 12:16
A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
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 - Romans 8:27
And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.
Read it in context - John 12:47
As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
Read it in context - 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 - Psalm 119:165
Abundant peace belongs to those who love Your law; nothing can make them stumble.
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