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Luke 17:3

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¶ Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
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  1. Leviticus 19:17Rank 1 from verse 3
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    17¶ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

  2. Matthew 18:21Rank 2 from verse 3
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    21¶ Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

  3. Matthew 18:15–17Rank 3 from verse 3
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    15¶ 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.

    16But 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.

    17And 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.

  4. Proverbs 9:8Rank 4 from verse 3
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    8Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

  5. 2 Chronicles 19:6–7Rank 5 from verse 3
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    6And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment.

    7Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

  6. James 5:19Rank 6 from verse 3
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    19Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

  7. Proverbs 27:5Rank 7 from verse 3
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    5Open rebuke is better than secret love.

  8. Deuteronomy 4:9Rank 8 from verse 3
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    9Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

  9. Deuteronomy 4:23Rank 9 from verse 3
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    23Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.

  10. Ephesians 5:15Rank 10 from verse 3
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    15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

  11. Exodus 34:12Rank 11 from verse 3
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    12Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee:

  12. Hebrews 12:15Rank 12 from verse 3
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    15Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

  13. Luke 21:34Rank 13 from verse 3
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    34¶ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

  14. 2 John 1:8Rank 14 from verse 3
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    8Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

  15. Deuteronomy 4:15Rank 15 from verse 3
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    15Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

  16. Proverbs 17:10Rank 16 from verse 3
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    10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

  17. Psalms 141:5Rank 17 from verse 3
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    5Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.

  18. Galatians 2:11–14Rank 18 from verse 3
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    11But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.

    12For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.

    13And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.

    14But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

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Luke 17:3

COMBINED MEANING

take

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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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heed

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Careful attention, notice, or regard; to watch, consider, listen to, or guard oneself.

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brother

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Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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trespass

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Sense 1: A transgression, offense, or wrongful crossing of a boundary. Sense 2: As a verb, to offend or sin.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

rebuke

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1. A reproof, censure, or expression of blame or displeasure; to reprove or censure. 2. To command something to cease or be restrained.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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repent

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To change one's mind and purpose concerning what has been done or intended, often coupled with grief or sorrow.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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forgive

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To pardon an offence, remit a debt, or release from the penalty or resentment connected with it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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17:3¶ Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.

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17:4And 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.

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