Bible Verses About Lawsuits

Go not forth hastily to strive, Lestthou know notwhat to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself, And disclose not the secret of another;

Lest he that heareth it revile thee, And thine infamy turn not away.

Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art with him in the way; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the last farthing.

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

Or know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more, things that pertain to this life?

If then ye have to judge things pertaining to this life, do ye set them to judge who are of no account in the church?

I say this to move you to shame. What, cannot there be found among you one wise man who shall be able to decide between his brethren,

but brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers?

Nay, already it is altogether a defect in you, that ye have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather take wrong? why not rather be defrauded?

Nay, but ye yourselves do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.