Offense

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.

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. — read the full passage →

Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: — read the full passage →

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!

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →

Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: — read the full passage →

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

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:

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; — read the full passage →

Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. — read the full passage →

Judge not, that ye be not judged. — read the full passage →

Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. — read the full passage →

Open rebuke is better than secret love. — read the full passage →

Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! — read the full passage →

And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: — read the full passage →

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. — read the full passage →

Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? — read the full passage →

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; — read the full passage →

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. — read the full passage →

And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!

For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. — read the full passage →

And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

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.

Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. — read the full passage →

Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; — read the full passage →

But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. — read the full passage →

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.

A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: — read the full passage →

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,

At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? — read the full passage →

Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. — read the full passage →

The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. — read the full passage →

For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.