Job 34:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

Accepteth

Princes

They

Job 31:15

Proverbs 14:31

Proverbs 22:2

General references

Romans 2:11

Bible References

Accepteth

Will you have respect for God's person in this cause, and put yourselves forward as his supporters?

For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, strong in power and greatly to be feared, who has no respect for any man's position and takes no rewards:

So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.

Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:

For one man is not different from another before God.

But from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account): those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me;

And, you masters, do the same things to them, not making use of violent words: in the knowledge that their Master and yours is in heaven, and he has no respect for a man's position.

For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position.

And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:

If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:

Princes

He makes priests prisoners, overturning those in safe positions;

The kings of the earth have taken their place, and the rulers are fixed in their purpose, against the Lord, and against the king of his selection, saying,

If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.

The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.

They

Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?

He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

The man of wealth and the poor man come face to face: the Lord is the maker of them all.

General references

And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.

Will you have respect for God's person in this cause, and put yourselves forward as his supporters?

High and low together, the poor, and those who have wealth.

He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value.

For one man is not different from another before God.