Luke 17:3-4

New Testament 2 verses 46 words 21 with Strong's data
3Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. 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.

Key Terms Across Passage

repent
2x in passage H5162

נָחַם nâcham

properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavora...

forgive
2x in passage H5375

נָשָׂא nâsâʼ

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

trespass
2x in passage H4604

מַעַל maʻal

treachery, i.e. sin

times
2x in passage H6471

פַּעַם paʻam

a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)

seven
2x in passage H7651

שֶׁבַע shebaʻ

seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number

against
2x in passage H7125

קִרְאָה qirʼâh

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

rebuke

יָכַח yâkach

to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict

heed

שָׁמַר shâmar

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

yourselves

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

turn

שׁוּב shûwb

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); ...

brother

אָח ʼâch

a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))

Take

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

saying

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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Cross References for Passage

Leviticus 19:17 16

Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

Matthew 18:21 14

Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

Proverbs 9:8 12

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

James 5:19

Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

Proverbs 27:5

Open rebuke is better than secret love.

Romans 12:20

Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

Matthew 6:12

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

Deuteronomy 4:9

Only 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, ...

Deuteronomy 4:23

Take 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 th...

Exodus 34:12

Take 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:

Matthew 18:16

But 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.

Matthew 5:44

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Matthew 18:35

So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

Psalm 141:5

Let 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.

Proverbs 17:10

A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Ephesians 5:15

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

Luke 21:34

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.

Hebrews 12:15

Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

Deuteronomy 4:15

Take 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: