Luke 16:20

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Luke 16:20

And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

A certain

Lazarus

John 11:1

Was laid

Acts 3:2

Full

General references

Proverbs 28:6

Luke 17:27

Bible References

A certain

Jesus was approaching Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging.

“He raises the poor from the dust,

He lifts the needy from the ash heap

To make them sit with nobles,

And inherit a seat of honor;

For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s,

And He set the world on them.

But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position;

Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?

Lazarus

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

Was laid

And a man who had been lame from his mother’s womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple.

Full

and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man’s table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores.

Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous,

But the Lord

delivers him out of them all.

For I have been stricken all day long
And

chastened every morning.

From the sole of the foot even to the head

There is nothing sound in it,
Only bruises, welts and raw wounds,

Not pressed out or bandaged,

Nor softened with oil.

Is there no balm in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?

Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people been restored?

General references

Better is the poor who walks in his integrity

Than he who is crooked though he be rich.

they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.