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Mat 5:25 — Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

with		Gen 32:3-8,13-22; Gen 33:3-11; 1Sa 25:17-35; Pro 6:1-5; Pro 25:8; Luk 12:58,59; Luk 14:31,32
whiles		Job 22:21; Psa 32:6; Isa 55:6,7; Luk 13:24,25; 2Cr 6:2; Hbr 3:7,13; Hbr 12:17
and the		1Ki 22:26,27

Correlating Passages

with

	Gen 32:3	And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
	Gen 32:4	And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now:
	Gen 32:5	And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
	Gen 32:6	And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
	Gen 32:7	Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that [was] with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
	Gen 32:8	And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape.
	Gen 32:13	And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
	Gen 32:14	Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
	Gen 32:15	Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
	Gen 32:16	And he delivered [them] into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
	Gen 32:17	And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose [art] thou? and whither goest thou? and whose [are] these before thee?
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	Gen 33:3	And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
	Gen 33:4	And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
	Gen 33:5	And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who [are] those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
	Gen 33:6	Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves.
	Gen 33:7	And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
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	1Sa 25:17	Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he [is such] a son of Belial, that [a man] cannot speak to him.
	1Sa 25:18	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 an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid [them] on asses.
	1Sa 25:19	And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
	1Sa 25:20	And it was [so, as] she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
	1Sa 25:21	Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this [fellow] hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that [pertained] unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
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	Pro 6:1	My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
	Pro 6:2	Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
	Pro 6:3	Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
	Pro 6:4	Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
	Pro 6:5	Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
	Pro 25:8	Go not forth hastily to strive, lest [thou know not] what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
	Luk 12:58	When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, [as thou art] in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
	Luk 12:59	I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
	Luk 14:31	Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
	Luk 14:32	Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

whiles

	Job 22:21	Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
	Psa 32:6	For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
	Isa 55:6	Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
	Isa 55:7	Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
	Luk 13:24	Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
	Luk 13:25	When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye 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:
	2Cr 6:2	(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now [is] the accepted time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation.)
	Hbr 3:7	Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
	Hbr 3:13	But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
	Hbr 12:17	For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

and the

	1Ki 22:26	And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
	1Ki 22:27	And say, Thus saith the king, Put this [fellow] in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 5:25," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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