Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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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Bible References
When
Luke 1:53
he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor is disliked even by his neighbor, but the rich has many friends.
Proverbs 22:16
Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
James 2:1
My brothers,show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.
And a
Luke 6:32
"If you love those who love you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
Zechariah 7:5
"Say to all the people of the land and the priests, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you fasted?
Matthew 5:46
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
Matthew 6:1
"Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
General references
Matthew 5:42
Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.
Luke 6:34
And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount.