Matthew 5:25

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“If anyone wants to take you to court, make friends with them quickly. Try to do that before you get to the court. If you don’t, they might hand you over to the judge. And the judge will hand you over to a guard, who will throw you into jail.

Cross References

Proverbs 25:8

Don’t be too quick to tell a judge about something you saw. You will be embarrassed if someone else proves you wrong.

Hebrews 3:13

But encourage each other every day, while you still have something called “today.” Help each other so that none of you will be fooled by sin and become too hard to change.

Hebrews 3:7

So it is just as the Holy Spirit says: “If you hear God’s voice today,

Hebrews 12:17

You remember that after Esau did this, he wanted to get his father’s blessing. He wanted that blessing so much that he cried. But his father refused to give him the blessing, because Esau could find no way to change what he had done.

Job 22:21

“Now, Job, give yourself to God and make peace with him. Do this, and you will get many good things.

2 Corinthians 6:2

God says, “I heard you at the right time, and I gave you help on the day of salvation.” Isaiah 49:8 I tell you that the “right time” is now. The “day of salvation” is now.

Psalm 32:6

That is why your loyal followers pray to you while there is still time. Then when trouble rises like a flood, it will not reach them.

Matthew 26:58

Peter followed Jesus but stayed back at a distance. He followed him to the yard of the high priest’s house. Peter went in and sat with the guards. He wanted to see what would happen to Jesus.

Luke 18:3

In that same town there was a woman whose husband had died. She came many times to this judge and said, ‘There is a man who is doing bad things to me. Give me my rights!’