Matthew 5:25 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁵Agree 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 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Luke 12:58-59
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. …
Proverbs 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.
Hebrews 3:13
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: …
Luke 14:31-32
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? …

Topics

Adjudication at Law Anger Bail Caution Commandments Compromise Consistency Contention

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 21-26)

Christ having laid down these principles, that Moses and the prophets were still to be their rulers, but that the scribes and Pharisees were to be no longer their rulers, proceeds to expound the law in some particular instances, and to vindicate it from the corrupt glosses which those expositors had put upon it. He adds not any thing new, only limits and restrains some permissions which had been a…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 25)

25. Agree with thine adversary--thine opponent in a matter cognizable by law. quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him--“to the magistrate,” as in Lu 12:58. lest at any time--here, rather, “lest at all,” or simply “lest.” the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge--having pronounced thee in the wrong. deliver thee to the officer--the official whose business it is to see the sentenc…