Luke 14:12

He also said to the one who had invited Him, “When you give a lunch or a dinner, don’t invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, or your rich neighbors, because they might invite you back, and you would be repaid.

Proverbs 22:16

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich—both lead only to poverty.

Matthew 6:1-4

“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people, to be seen by them. Otherwise, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Proverbs 14:20

A poor man is hated even by his neighbor,
but there are many who love the rich.

Zechariah 7:5-7

“Ask all the people of the land and the priests: When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and in the seventh months for these 70 years, did you really fast for Me?

Matthew 5:46

For if you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Don’t even the tax collectors do the same?

Matthew 6:16-18

“Whenever you fast, don’t be sad-faced like the hypocrites. For they make their faces unattractive so their fasting is obvious to people. I assure you: They’ve got their reward!

Luke 1:53

He has satisfied the hungry with good things
and sent the rich away empty.

Luke 6:32-36

If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them.

James 2:1-6

My brothers, do not show favoritism as you hold on to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

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Luke 14:12

Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

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General references

Matthew 5:42

Luke 6:34

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