Luke 16:20

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Luke 16:20

And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

A certain

Lazarus

John 11:1

Was laid

Acts 3:2

Full

General references

Proverbs 28:6

Luke 17:27

Bible References

A certain

And it came about that when he got near Jericho, a certain blind man was seated by the side of the road, making requests for money from those who went by.

Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.

But let the brother of low position be glad that he is lifted up;

Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

Lazarus

Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

Was laid

And a certain man who from birth had had no power in his legs, was taken there every day, and put down at the door of the Temple which is named Beautiful, requesting money from those who went into the Temple;

Full

Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds.

And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.

Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

For I have been troubled all the day; every morning have I undergone punishment.

The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.

Is there no life-giving oil in Gilead? is there no expert in medical arts? why then have my people not been made well?

General references

Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction.