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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When
Luke 1:53
He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.
Proverbs 22:16
Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.
James 2:1
My brothers, don't hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.
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 of the land, and to the priests, saying, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?
Matthew 5:46
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
Matthew 6:1
"Be careful that you don't do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
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Matthew 5:42
Give to him who asks you, and don't turn away him who desires to borrow from you.
Luke 6:34
If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive back as much.