“Two wrongs don’t make a right.”
I heard that often as a child. It’s what my mother said every time I tried to blame my reaction on my brother’s action — every time I said, “He started it.”
It was her Mom Version of Scripture:
Romans 14:10, 12 (NIV)
You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat . . .So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.
Mom was right. No one else is to blame for our wrongs.
