Character & Virtues
Bible Verses About offense
14 key scriptures
Discover 14 powerful Bible verses about offense. Study what Scripture teaches about this essential character & virtues topic.
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Translation Comparison
| Translation | Key Verse: Proverbs 18:19 |
|---|---|
| King James (KJV) | “A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.” |
14 Key Scriptures
“A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.”
“The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. discretion: or, prudence”
“Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.”
“Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: take: Heb. give not thine heart”
“Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!”
Matthew 18:7KJV
“Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.”
Luke 17:3KJV
“Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: himself: or, his cause”
1 Peter 2:23KJV
“These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: unto: Heb. of his soul”
“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”
James 1:19KJV
“For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. confusion: Gr. tumult or unquietness”
James 3:16KJV
“Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.”
“Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: Gentiles: Gr. Greeks”
“With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;”
“Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. nothing: Heb. they shall have no stumblingblock”
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