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 has sent the rich away empty.
Proverbs 14:20
A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.
Proverbs 22:16
The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty.
James 2:1
My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.
And a
Luke 6:32
"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
Zechariah 7:5
"Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: 'When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me -- for me, indeed?
Matthew 5:46
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don't they?
Matthew 6:1
"Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.
General references
Matthew 5:42
Give to the one who asks you, and do not reject the one who wants to borrow from you.
Luke 6:34
And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full.