Compromise
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Before litigation, enjoined
Prov 25:8–10; Matt 5:25, 26; Luke 12:58, 59
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. 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 5:2526 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
Matthew 5:2658 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.
Luke 12:5859 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
Luke 12:59 - See Adjudication
- See Arbitration
- See Justice
- See Court
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
