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 He has sent away the rich empty.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich has many friends.
Proverbs 22:16
He who crushes the poor to multiply for himself, and he who gives to the rich, only to come to poverty.
James 2:1
My brothers, do not have the faith of our Lord Christ, the Lord of glory, with respecter of faces.
And a
Luke 6:32
For if you love those who love you, what thanks do you have? For sinners also love those who love them.
Zechariah 7:5
Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months, even those seventy years, did you truly fast to Me, even to Me?
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
Take heed that you do not do your merciful deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in Heaven.
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Matthew 5:42
Give to him who asks of you, and you shall not turn away from him who would borrow from you.
Luke 6:34
And if you lend to those of whom you hope to receive, what thanks do you have? For sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.