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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Proverbs 17:9

Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but he who brings it up separates friends.

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Matthew 5:23, 24

So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, / leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Matthew 6:14

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Matthew 7:1–5

“Do not judge, or you will be judged. / For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. / Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Matthew 18:21–35

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?” / Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times! / Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Luke 6:36–42

Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. / Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. / Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.”

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Luke 17:3, 4

Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. / Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning John 7:24

Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Romans 14:1–23

Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions. / For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables. / The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Corinthians 10:28–33

But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience— / the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience? / If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Corinthians 13:1–13

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. / If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. / If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Corinthians 16:14

Do everything in love.

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Galatians 6:1

Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Ephesians 4:32

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Colossians 3:13, 14

Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. / And over all these virtues put on love, which is the bond of perfect unity.

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Timothy 1:5

The goal of our instruction is the love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and a sincere faith.

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Timothy 4:12

Let no one despise your youth, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning 2 Timothy 2:22

Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning James 2:13

For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning James 4:11, 12

Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it. / There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

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Charitableness: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Peter 4:8

Above all, love one another deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

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Uncharitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Isaiah 29:20, 21

For the ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who look for evil will be cut down— / those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.

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Uncharitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Matthew 7:1–5

“Do not judge, or you will be judged. / For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. / Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?

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Uncharitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Luke 6:37–42

Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. / Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.” / Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?

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Uncharitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Luke 12:57

And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

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Uncharitableness: General Scriptures Concerning John 7:24

Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”

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Uncharitableness: General Scriptures Concerning John 8:7

When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”

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Uncharitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Romans 2:1

You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.

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Uncharitableness: General Scriptures Concerning Romans 14:1–15

Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions. / For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables. / The one who eats everything must not belittle the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted him.

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Uncharitableness: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Corinthians 4:3–5, 7

I care very little, however, if I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. / My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me. / Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

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Uncharitableness: General Scriptures Concerning 1 Corinthians 13:1–6

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal. / If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. / If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.

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Uncharitableness: General Scriptures Concerning James 4:11, 12

Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it. / There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?

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