OFFENSE
(See also Anger; Forgiveness; Settling Personal Differences; Transgression)
appreciation for Awake! article on: g97 1/8 30
attitude toward: w22.11 20-21; w16.04 6-7; w09 9/1 22-23; w06 8/1 16-17; w06 8/15 27; jd 112-114; w04 7/15 28; w01 8/15 27; w97 6/1 27
avoiding giving: w05 8/1 15
avoiding taking: scl 105
basis for taking: w05 8/1 13-15
discussion: w09 9/1 20-23
experiences: w16.05 5-6
accused of stealing: rj 8-9
‘foolish one makes known’ (Pr 12:16): w03 3/15 27
forgiveness for: scl 106; cl 188; w21.06 22-23; lff lesson 56; w20.07 24-25; w17.11 27; w16.05 4-5; w16.11 14-15; w15 9/15 15-16; rj 8-9; w13 10/1 11; w12 10/15 16; w12 11/15 27-28; g 3/12 10; w10 3/15 13; w10 5/15 31-32; jd 113-114; w97 12/1 15-20; w96 7/15 18-19; w95 12/1 10; w91 2/15 20; om 139-140; pe 236-237
serious offenses: scl 106; w22.06 9-10; w16.05 6-7; om 142-144
ignoring: w16.05 4-5
‘insight slows anger’ (Pr 19:11): cl 187; w14 12/1 12-13; w95 7/15 22; kl 166
love “bears all things” (1Co 13:7): w93 10/15 22
love “does not become provoked” (1Co 13:5): cl 307; it-2 278; mwb18.10 4; w99 2/15 21; w93 10/15 20
love “does not keep account of the injury” (1Co 13:5): cl 307; it-2 278; mwb18.10 8; w99 2/15 21; w93 10/15 20
maintaining unity despite: w23.03 30; w20.03 25-27; w02 8/15 22-23; w93 8/15 20-22; w88 8/15 29-30
not being overly sensitive: w21.06 21
not harboring resentment: w22.06 10; w20.11 27; g18.2 7; rj 8-9; w14 11/15 14; w12 11/15 29; w10 3/15 32; w95 12/1 10, 32
not leaving Jehovah’s people over: w92 11/15 16-18
obstacle to baptism: w90 8/1 17
overlooking: w24.03 14-16; w23.03 31; scl 106
restoring peace: cl 222-223; w21.06 21; w21.12 25-27; lff lesson 56; w20.03 25-27; od 141-143; w18.01 10-11; it-1 1160; mwb18.01 8; w16.04 11-12; w16.05 4-6; mwb16.10 6; g 3/12 10-11; w11 8/15 28-30; w10 6/15 17-18, 21-22; w09 2/15 10-11; w09 9/1 22-23; w08 11/15 18-19; jd 112-114; w05 3/1 3-7; w05 10/15 30-31; w03 3/15 19-20; wt 145-147; w01 2/1 20-21; w97 12/1 19; w96 7/15 18; g96 2/8 26-27; kl 166; w91 7/15 29; w91 9/1 23
helping Bible student: w20.01 6
listening to offended person: w05 11/15 12
video Making Peace Brings Blessings: lff lesson 56
‘rests in bosom of the stupid’ (Ec 7:9): w05 8/1 13, 15; w91 2/1 24
speaking to offender about: w23.03 31; w15 12/15 20
‘turn the other cheek’ (Mt 5:39): jy 87-88; g 9/10 10-11; lr 103-105; gt chapter 35; pe 236-237; w86 10/15 9