Adjudication at law
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To be avoided
Prov 17:14; 20:3; 25:8–10; Matt 5:25
14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
Proverbs 17:143 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Proverbs 20:38 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. 9 Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another: 10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
Proverbs 25:825 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.
Matthew 5:25 - See Actions at law
- See Arbitration
- See Compromise
- See Courts
- See Justice
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
