Family Disputes

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother. — read the full passage →

But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you despise your brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another;

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

Now the works of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness, — read the full passage →

a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

For I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. — read the full passage →

It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud, — read the full passage →

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, — read the full passage →

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” — read the full passage →

“Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven; and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger;

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.

Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. — read the full passage →

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: — read the full passage →

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

We love him, because he first loved us.

It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that Yahweh your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. — read the full passage →

Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”; so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.

Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. — read the full passage →

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching:

You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself; — read the full passage →

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

Love is patient and is kind; love doesn’t envy. Love doesn’t brag, is not proud,

Now the God of patience and of encouragement grant you to be of the same mind one with another according to Christ Jesus,

For God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’

He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander, be put away from you, with all malice.

But no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven,but my Father only.

Who can find a worthy woman? For her price is far above rubies.

A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.

He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house, but he who hates bribes will live.

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; — read the full passage →

Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. — read the full passage →

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for building up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, — read the full passage →

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him on the way; lest perhaps the prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. — read the full passage →

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.

One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

When a man’s ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

“‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled: but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,

that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;

But to the married I command—not I, but the Lord—that the wife not leave her husband — read the full passage →

leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

He who gives answer before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. — read the full passage →

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become a man, I have put away childish things.

Now accept one who is weak in faith, but not for disputes over opinions. — read the full passage →

Some men came down from Judea and taught the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised after the custom of Moses, you can’t be saved.” — read the full passage →

He said to them, “It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority. — read the full passage →

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →