Romans 12:17

Romans 12:17
Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.

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Genesis 14:23
That I will not take so much as a thread or the cord of a shoe of yours; so that you may not say, I have given wealth to Abram:

Genesis 23:13
And Abraham said to Ephron, in the hearing of the people of the land, If only you will give ear to me, I will give you the price of the field; take it, and let me put my dead to rest there.

1 Chronicles 21:24
And King David said to Ornan, No; I will certainly give you the full price for it, because I will not take for the Lord what is yours, or give a burned offering without payment.

Malachi 1:12
But you make it unholy by saying, The Lord's table has become unclean, and his food is of no value.

Malachi 1:13
And you say, See, what a weariness it is! and you let out your breath at it, says the Lord of armies; and you have given what has been cut about by beasts, and what is damaged in its feet and ill; this is the offering you give: will this be pleasing to me from your hands? says the Lord.

Malachi 1:14
A curse on the false man who has a male in his flock, and takes his oath, and gives to the Lord a damaged thing: for I am a great King, says the Lord of armies, and my name is to be feared among the Gentiles.

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Genesis 42:25
Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put back into his bag, and for food to be given them for the journey: which was done.

Genesis 43:12
And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bags, for it may have been an error;

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Judges 15:11
Then three thousand of the men of Judah went down to the crack of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Is it not clear to you that the Philistines are our rulers? What is this you have done to us? And he said to them, I only did to them as they did to me.

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Ruth 3:14
And she took her rest at his feet till the morning: and she got up before it was light enough for one to see another. And he said, Let it not come to anyone's knowledge that the woman came to the grain-floor.

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1 Samuel 24:6
And David said to his men, Before the Lord, never let it be said that my hand was lifted up against my lord, the man of the Lord's selection, for the Lord's holy oil has been put on him.

1 Samuel 24:11
And see, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for the fact that I took off the skirt of your robe and did not put you to death is witness that I have no evil purpose, and I have done you no wrong, though you are waiting for my life to take it.

1 Samuel 26:9
And David said to Abishai Do not put him to death; for who, without sin, may put out his hand against the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil?

1 Samuel 26:10
And David said, By the living Lord, the Lord will send destruction on him; the natural day of his death will come, or he will go into the fight and come to his end.

Matthew 17:27
But, so that we may not be a cause of trouble to them, go to the sea, and let down a hook, and take the first fish which comes up; and in his mouth you will see a bit of money: take that, and give it to them for me and you.

Romans 13:1
Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God.

Romans 13:4
For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.

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Proverbs 9:7
He who gives teaching to a man of pride gets shame for himself; he who says sharp words to a sinner gets a bad name.

Proverbs 9:8
Do not say sharp words to a man of pride, or he will have hate for you; make them clear to a wise man, and you will be dear to him.

Proverbs 9:9
Give teaching to a wise man, and he will become wiser; give training to an upright man, and his learning will be increased.

Proverbs 14:7
Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 15:12
The hater of authority has no love for teaching: he will not go to the wise.

Proverbs 21:24
The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.

Proverbs 22:10
Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.

Proverbs 23:9
Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

Proverbs 26:4
Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

Proverbs 26:5
Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

Proverbs 28:23
He who says words of protest to a man will later have more approval than one who says smooth words with his tongue.

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Psalms 4:4
Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. (Selah.)

Psalms 4:5
Give the offerings of righteousness, and put your faith in the Lord.

Psalms 37:7
Take your rest in the Lord, waiting quietly for him; do not be angry because of the man who does well in his evil ways, and gives effect to his bad designs.

Psalms 37:8
Put an end to your wrath and be no longer bitter; do not give way to angry feeling which is a cause of sin.

Psalms 37:9
For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.

Proverbs 12:16
A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

Proverbs 12:18
There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

Proverbs 17:9
He who keeps a sin covered is looking for love; but he who keeps on talking of a thing makes division between friends.

Proverbs 19:11
A man's good sense makes him slow to wrath, and the overlooking of wrongdoing is his glory.

Proverbs 24:16
For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil.

Proverbs 29:11
A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

Ephesians 4:27
And do not give way to the Evil One.

James 1:20
For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.

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Ruth 4:4
And it was in my mind to give you the chance of taking it, with the approval of those seated here and of the responsible men of my people. If you are ready to do what it is right for a relation to do, then do it: but if you will not do it, say so to me now; for there is no one who has the right to do it but you, and after you myself. And he said, I will do it.

Jeremiah 32:7
See, Hanamel, the son of Shallum, your father's brother, will come to you and say, Give the price and get for yourself my property in Anathoth: for you have the right of the nearest relation.

Jeremiah 32:8
So Hanamel, the son of my father's brother, came to me, as the Lord had said, to the place of the armed watchmen, and said to me, Give the price and get my property which is in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: for you have the nearest relation's right to the heritage; so get it for yourself. Then it was clear to me that this was the word of the Lord.

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Matthew 5:9
Happy are the peacemakers: for they will be named sons of God.

Luke 6:29
If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe.

1 Timothy 3:7
And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the Evil One.

Hebrews 12:14
Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;

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Acts 24:16
And in this, I do my best at all times to have no reason for shame before God or men.

Romans 12:10
Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;

Romans 12:11
Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

Romans 12:12
Being glad in hope, quiet in trouble, at all times given to prayer,

Romans 12:13
Giving to the needs of the saints, ready to take people into your houses.

1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

1 Corinthians 13:5
Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;

1 Corinthians 13:7
Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.

2 Peter 1:5
So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,

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1 Corinthians 10:29
Right and wrong, I say, not for you, but for the other man; for the fact that I am free is not dependent on another man's sense of right or wrong.

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Proverbs 13:10
The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.

Proverbs 25:22
For so you will put coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will give you your reward.

Matthew 5:5
Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.

Matthew 5:16
Even so let your light be shining before men, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:42
Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it.

Matthew 5:46
For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? do not the tax-farmers the same?

Matthew 5:48
Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.

Luke 6:35
But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.

Acts 7:60
And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.

1 Corinthians 4:13
When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.

Colossians 4:5
Be wise in your behaviour to those who are outside, making good use of the time.

Titus 3:2
To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.

James 3:13
Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

James 3:14
But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.

James 3:17
But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

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1 Corinthians 6:6
But a brother who has a cause at law against another takes it before Gentile judges.

1 Corinthians 6:8
So far from doing this, you yourselves do wrong and take your brothers' property.

1 Thessalonians 4:6
And that no man may make attempts to get the better of his brother in business: for the Lord is the judge in all these things, as we said to you before and gave witness.

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2 Thessalonians 3:7
For you yourselves are used to taking us as your example, because our life among you was ruled by order,

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2 Thessalonians 3:8
And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:

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1 Timothy 5:14
So it is my desire that the younger widows may be married and have children, controlling their families, and giving the Evil One no chance to say anything against them,

Titus 2:5
To be wise in mind, clean in heart, kind; working in their houses, living under the authority of their husbands; so that no evil may be said of the word of God.

Titus 2:7
In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,

Titus 2:8
Saying true and right words, against which no protest may be made, so that he who is not on our side may be put to shame, unable to say any evil of us.

James 2:7
Do they not say evil of the holy name which was given to you?

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