WRONGDOING
(See also Committee of Elders [for Addressing Serious Sin]; Confession; Disobedience; Offense; Reproof; Sin)
abolition: w17.04 12
accepting ransom provisions for: w91 2/15 19-20
accusations of: od 147-148; it-1 39-40; om 142-145
attitude toward handling by elders: w22.02 5-6; w21.08 11; re 50-51; w89 9/15 24
attitude when wronged: w21.08 11-13; od 142; om 138-140, 142-143
avoiding: w24.03 9, 12-13; scl 21, 106, 120-123; it-1 773; jr 76-77; w06 11/15 21-25; lr 52-56; w01 3/15 10-19; gf 22-23; w99 10/1 28-31; km 3/95 1; pe 217-224
detesting world’s course: w88 6/15 15-20
elders watchful of trends: re 50
fear of God essential: w95 3/15 18-19
hating bad: w18.11 25; w90 12/1 16-17; w88 3/15 16; w87 4/15 16-18
love for God essential: w87 10/15 7
not presuming on Jehovah’s mercy: cl 262; w16.12 9-10; w93 10/1 22-25
personal study essential: w88 8/15 13
reproach by others avoided: it-2 780
resisting immoral desires: w19.06 29-30; w17.07 20
resisting wrong desires: w25.08 20-25; w23.01 11-13; mwb22.05 10; w16.09 11-12; w10 4/15 9; w10 9/15 11; g03 12/8 20-21
being truthful with elders investigating: w18.10 10
by child of elder or ministerial servant: w96 10/15 21; w91 11/15 21; w90 9/1 25
by fellow Christian: w25.09 5; w24.08 20; scl 108; lff lesson 58; w20.03 19
by friends: w21.10 7; w17.03 28-31; w11 1/15 28-29; w97 8/1 13
by inactive: w08 11/15 12, 14-15; w88 1/15 23
by minors: w24.08 24-25; w21.09 26-27; od 154-155; om 151-152
by newly baptized: w96 1/15 18-19
by older sibling: g89 11/8 23-25
by one’s children: fy 85-87; w86 8/15 14-15
by one who no longer identifies himself as a Witness: w87 9/1 14
by relatives: w20.03 19; w97 8/1 13; si 171-172
by unbaptized publisher: od 154-155; w89 2/15 29; om 148-149; w88 11/15 17-20
confession: lff lesson 57; w01 6/1 28-31; g97 1/22 10-12; g97 10/22 30
to elders: w25.05 10; w25.09 4-5; scl 108; lff lesson 57; lvs 191-192; lv 164-166; w10 9/1 23-24; w08 12/15 11; w06 11/15 28-29; w01 6/1 30-31; w01 8/15 30; g97 1/22 12; w95 1/1 27; om 145; w86 4/1 26
consequences not eliminated by forgiveness: cl 267-269; w11 12/15 11; w02 10/15 14; w00 11/1 16; w98 7/1 7; w97 1/1 27-29; g95 8/8 10-11
consequences not eliminated by repentance: wt 139; w01 6/1 29-30; w97 12/1 13-14
degrees of gravity: ijwbq article 96; od 145; it-2 968-969; om 142
depression due to personal: w92 12/15 11; w91 2/15 20; w90 3/1 7-8
discipline for: cl 268-269; w97 12/1 14
effect on conscience: scl 25
feeling unworthy because of: w19.07 30-31; w18.01 11; w12 3/15 29; w12 8/15 23-24; w01 6/1 30-31; w97 12/1 10-14; w92 9/15 8-13; w90 2/15 21-23
forgiveness for: w22.06 2-7; cl 260-269; w13 5/1 15; w03 7/1 17-18; w92 9/15 8-13
forgetting after forgiving: jr 176-178; g95 6/8 9-11
not obtained by increased spiritual activity: w05 11/15 24-25; w86 4/1 26
serious wrongs: lff lesson 57; w17.11 11-12; w13 5/1 15; w12 11/15 22-25, 29-30; w10 5/1 30; jr 72, 74-76; w97 12/1 18-20
wrongs committed after dedication: w97 1/1 27-28
wrongs committed before dedication: w97 1/1 26-27
genetic theories: w02 6/1 9-12; g96 9/22 4-8
handling by congregation: ijwfq article 66; w24.08 14-31; mwb21.07 6; w19.05 7; od 143-145, 147-155; it-1 788; w17.11 17; w13 4/15 16; w11 9/15 30-31; jr 138-139; w09 9/15 16-17; w98 8/1 15-17; w97 8/15 27-28; w96 1/15 18-19; kl 138-139; jv 186-187; om 140-142, 144-153
assistance from circuit overseer: od 48
running off with another’s mate: w16.08 11
when only one witness: w97 8/15 27-28
when wrongdoer claims invalid baptism: w10 2/15 22
hating, not wrongdoer, but wrong: it-1 1043
help for baptized Christian involved in: w25.09 5-6; w24.08 21-23; od 148-149; lvs 127; lv 104, 107; yp2 44; w97 8/15 29; om 145-146; w88 11/15 14
Jehovah’s long-range view: w16.07 19
listening with concern: w05 11/15 10
“readjust such a man” (Ga 6:1): w13 8/15 21; w93 5/15 21
seeking help of elders: w25.05 10; w25.09 2-7; scl 108; lff lesson 57; w17.11 10; w13 4/15 31; w06 11/15 28-30; w01 6/1 30-31; w97 8/15 29; w92 6/1 19; w92 9/15 12; w88 2/15 20
help for friends involved in: g96 1/22 15-17; g96 8/22 30
kinds:
error: it-2 967
transgression: it-2 967-968
trespass: it-2 968
loose conduct: it-2 264-265
love “does not rejoice over” (1Co 13:6): cl 307-308
meaning of term: it-2 967-968
not concealing: w25.09 5; scl 66, 102; w21.10 7; lvs 191-192; w17.10 11; lv 164-166; w10 11/15 31; w08 12/15 11; w06 12/1 17-18; w05 5/15 18; w02 4/1 19-20; ip-1 26-27; w97 8/1 13; w92 6/1 19; w91 6/15 20-21
not dwelling on one’s past: w96 5/1 31
not excused by righteous works: rr 124-125
not excusing one’s own: g91 1/22 8
not giving up because of one’s own: w23.09 20-25; cl 159-160; w13 3/15 4-5; ia 201-202; w12 3/15 29; w10 4/1 24-25; w06 7/15 26-27; w01 8/1 30; w97 8/1 11; w90 2/15 21-23; w88 5/1 14-15
not isolating oneself after: ia 201; w10 4/1 24
not rationalizing: w86 4/1 25
overcoming: lr 132-136; pe 217-226
role of prayer: pe 225-226
personal wrongs: scl 29, 102, 106; w22.06 9-10; w22.11 20-21; od 142-143, 145-148; mwb19.03 2; it-1 788; w16.04 6-7, 11-12; w16.05 6-7; w16.11 14-15; rj 8-9; wt 147-148; w99 10/15 18-22; om 139-140, 142-145
prayer after: w06 6/1 10-11; w06 9/1 30; w03 9/15 19-20; w99 1/15 19
recognizing: it-2 772
recovery from serious: lff lesson 57; w17.01 10; w12 8/15 23; w08 12/15 11; w06 11/15 30
youths: g95 1/8 19-21
reporting: w25.09 5; w24.08 20; cf 41; scl 108; w22.09 10; lff lesson 58; od 147-148, 200; it-1 39; it-2 234; w12 2/15 22; w11 8/15 31; w10 8/15 24; w97 8/15 27; w89 10/15 14-15; om 143-145; w88 8/1 21; g88 9/8 20-21; w87 9/1 14
not slander: w97 8/15 28; w89 10/15 14-15
not without valid reason: w97 8/15 27
“public cursing” (Le 5:1): it-2 234
when a friend is involved: w16.02 30; w11 1/15 28-29; g 12/08 19-21; w91 6/15 21; yp 68-69; w88 8/1 21; g88 9/8 19-21
when evidence is confidential: w87 9/1 12-15
reproach brought by: w88 3/15 17
reproof for: it-2 780-781
returning to Jehovah after: jr 72, 74-76; w06 10/1 25; jd 65-69; w00 11/1 16; g95 7/22 14-15; w89 3/1 15
Satan’s methods to allure youths into: w86 8/1 12-14
setting matters straight with Jehovah: w24.10 8; g95 1/8 21; w87 10/15 13-15
steps leading to: it-2 1139; w15 1/15 24; w10 9/1 4; w01 6/1 29; w00 11/1 14-15; w97 11/15 11