Standing Up for Yourself
8 passages
- Luke 17:3
Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
Read it in context - Galatians 5:1
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.
Read it in context - Proverbs 25:26
Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked.
Read it in context - Matthew 12:36
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
Read it in context - Matthew 5:38–39
38You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’ 39But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
Read it in context - 1 Timothy 5:8
If anyone does not provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Read it in context - John 14:15
If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Read it in context - Romans 13:4
For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
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