When something is difficult between you and others

Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?

²² But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.

²³ So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

²⁴ leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

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.

²⁶ Truly I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny.

¹⁷ Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.

¹⁸ A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.

³ Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

⁴ Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”

²¹ If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

²² For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.

¹⁶ And Saul’s son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,

¹⁷ saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”

He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.”

¹³ But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.

¹⁴ And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,

¹⁵ and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”

¹⁶ So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”

¹⁷ And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.