Cross references

Matthew 5:25

Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

Matthew 5:25 BSB

Matthew 5:25 has 17 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 17 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Luke 12:58–59 (26 votes) and Proverbs 25:8 (20 votes). 17 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Genesis 32 to James 2.

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Which verses does Matthew 5:25 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison. I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”

  2. do not bring hastily to court. Otherwise, what will you do in the end when your neighbor puts you to shame?

  3. Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand? And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.

  4. Hebrews 3:1313 votes

    But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.

  5. Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

  6. Hebrews 3:710 votes

    Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

  7. “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

  8. Job 22:217 votes

    Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.

  9. My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger, if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth, …

  10. For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.

  11. Psalm 32:66 votes

Which verses point to Matthew 5:25?

The 10 strongest of 17.