5 Bible Verses About Confrontation & Confronting – Encouraging Scriptures On Confronting People, Confronting Sin, & Confronting Evil.

5 Bible Verses About Confrontation & Confronting – Encouraging Scriptures On Confronting People, Confronting Sin, & Confronting Evil.

See also: 5 Important Lessons I’ve Learned About Confrontation.

#1. Seek God First before confronting people. Go to God in prayer – Wisdom comes from God alone.
Psalm 37:5, NLT Commit everything you do to the LORD. Trust him, and he will help you.
Proverbs 2:6, ESV For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding;
James 4:6, ESV But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

#2. Choose Your Battles Wisely. Is There Value In Confronting or In Letting Go?
Dear Friends, Mild annoyances with people should not always lead to confrontations! We must learn to practice letting go of offenses, instead of making a big deal out of every little thing that people say or do to annoy us. So help us God, Amen.

James 1:19, NIV My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
Proverbs 19:11, NIV A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

See also: Think before you speak; A Time to be silent and a Time to speak.

#3. When confronting people, remember to seek God first, seek to do good, and let love be your highest goal. If any of these is amiss, please stop and reassess!
Make sure you are seeking good and speaking the truth in love, not just lashing out in anger or judgment. And sometimes, we just need to forget about confronting people and instead work on our own issues. God will give us wisdom, Amen.

Ephesians 4:32, ESV Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
Colossians 3:13, ESV Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
Matthew 7:3-5, ESV Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
1 Peter 4:8, NIV Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.

See also: Living a Life of Love, Truth and Purpose.

#4. Confronting Sin – Our Goal when confronting sin is to grow and to help others grow, NOT to humiliate others, disgrace others, or gossip about them. Again, LET LOVE BE YOUR HIGHEST GOAL!
Galatians 6:1, NIV Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted.
Matthew 18:15, ESV If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.
James 5:19-20, NIV My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back, remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.

#5. Confronting Evil – May God grant you wisdom. God is our strength!
Proverbs 31:8, NLT Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves; ensure justice for those being crushed.
Exodus 23:2a, NIV Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong.

See also: Speak Up When You See Injustice.

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