Luke 17:3
Be attentive to yourselves. If your brother has sinned against you, correct him. And if he has repented, forgive him.
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Leviticus 19:17You shall not hate your brother in your heart, but reprove him openly, lest you have sin over him.
Deuteronomy 4:15And so, guard your souls carefully. You saw no likeness on the day that the Lord God spoke to you on Horeb from the midst of fire.
2 Chronicles 19:6And instructing the judges, he said: “Pay attention to what you are doing. For you exercise judgment, not of man, but of the Lord. And whatever you will have judged, it will come back to you.
Proverbs 9:8Do not be willing to argue with a mocker, lest he hate you. Dispute with the wise, and he will love you.
Proverbs 27:5An open rebuke is better than hidden love.
Matthew 18:21Then Peter, drawing near to him, said: “Lord, how many times shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Even seven times?”
Matthew Henry on Luke 17:2-11
The Treatment of Offences. 1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I… Read the whole commentary →