Luke 17:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.”
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“Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Take heed to yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 17:3 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 34:12Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.
- Leviticus 19:17You must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
- Deuteronomy 4:9Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
- Deuteronomy 4:15So since you saw no form of any kind on the day the LORD spoke to you out of the fire at Horeb, be careful
- Deuteronomy 4:23Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
- 2 Chronicles 19:6Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment.
- Psalms 141:5Let the righteous man strike me; let his rebuke be an act of loving devotion. It is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. For my prayer is ever against the deeds of the wicked.
- Proverbs 9:8Do not rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
- Proverbs 17:10A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
- Proverbs 27:5Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
- Matthew 18:15If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
- Matthew 18:21Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
- Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Galatians 2:11When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood to be condemned.
- Ephesians 5:15Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
- Hebrews 12:15See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
- James 5:19My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
- 2 John 1:8Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
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