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.

Bible References

Accepteth

Job 13:8
Will you show partiality to him? Will you plead God's case?
Deuteronomy 10:17
For the LORD your God is the God of all gods, the LORD of all lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who does not show favoritism or take bribes.
2 Chronicles 19:7
So let the fear of the LORD rest upon you, be on your guard, and act carefully, because with the LORD our God there is neither injustice, nor partiality, nor bribery."
Acts 10:34
Then Peter began to speak: "Now I understand that God shows no partiality.
Romans 2:11
because God does not show partiality.
Galatians 2:6
Now those who were reputed to be important added nothing to my message. (What sort of people they were makes no difference to me, since God pays no attention to outward appearances.)
Ephesians 6:9
Masters, treat your slaves the same way. Do not threaten them, for you know that both of you have the same Master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
Colossians 3:25
For the person who does what is wrong will be paid back for what he has done without favoritism.
1 Peter 1:17
If you call "Father" the one who judges everyone impartially according to what they have done, you must live in reverent fear as long as you are strangers in a strange land.
Hebrews 12:28
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and worship God in reverence and fear in a way that pleases him.

Princes

Job 12:19
He leads away the priests naked and overthrows the ruling class.
Psalm 2:2
As the kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers conspire together against the LORD and his anointed one, they say,
Ecclesiastes 5:8
Don't be surprised when you see the poor oppressed and the violent perverting both justice and verdicts in a province, for one high official watches another, and there are ones higher still over them.
Isaiah 3:14
The LORD will go to court to oppose the elders and princes of his people: "You're the ones who have been devouring the vineyard, the plunder of the poor is in your own houses!

They

Job 31:15
The one who made me in the womb made them, too, didn't he? Didn't the same one prepare each of us in the womb?"
Proverbs 14:31
Whoever oppresses the poor defies their Creator, but whoever is kind to the needy honors them.
Proverbs 22:2
The rich and the poor have this in common the LORD created both of them.

General references

Genesis 12:17
But the LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
Job 13:8
Will you show partiality to him? Will you plead God's case?
Psalm 49:2
both average people and those of means, the rich and the poor together.
Isaiah 40:23
who brings princes to nothing, and makes void the rulers of the earth.
Romans 2:11
because God does not show partiality.

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