James 2:2
For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,
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James 2:2
For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,
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Genesis 27:15
And Rebekah took the fair robes of her oldest son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son:
Matthew 6:29
But I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.
Matthew 11:9
But why did you go out? to see a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
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Genesis 38:18
And he said, What would you have? And she said, Your ring and its cord and the stick in your hand. So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she became with child by him.
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Leviticus 19:10
And do not take all the grapes from your vine-garden, or the fruit dropped on the earth; let the poor man, and the man from another country, have these: I am the Lord your God.
Psalms 41:1
To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David. Happy is the man who gives thought to the poor; the Lord will be his saviour in the time of trouble.
Psalms 74:8
They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land.
Psalms 140:12
I am certain that the Lord will take care of the cause of the poor, and of the rights of those who are troubled.
Proverbs 14:31
He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the poor under a cruel yoke, and law and right being violently overturned in a country, be not surprised, because one authority is keeping watch on another and there are higher than they.
Isaiah 3:12
As for my people, their ruler is acting like a child, and those who have authority over them are women. O my people, your guides are the cause of your wandering, turning your footsteps out of the right way.
Isaiah 3:13
The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.
Isaiah 3:14
The Lord comes to be the judge of their responsible men and of their rulers: it is you who have made waste the vine-garden, and in your houses is the property of the poor which you have taken by force.
Isaiah 3:15
By what right are you crushing my people, and putting a bitter yoke on the necks of the poor? This is the word of the Lord, the Lord of armies.
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Deuteronomy 12:10
But when you have gone over Jordan and are living in the land which the Lord your God is giving you as your heritage, and when he has given you rest from all those on every side who are fighting against you, and you are living there safely;
John 2:13
The time of the Passover of the Jews was near and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 2:14
And there in the Temple he saw men trading in oxen and sheep and doves, and he saw the changers of money in their seats:
John 2:15
And he made a whip of small cords and put them all out of the Temple, with the sheep and the oxen, sending in all directions the small money of the changers and overturning their tables;
John 2:16
And to those who were trading in doves he said, Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a market.
John 2:17
And it came to the minds of the disciples that the Writings say, I am on fire with passion for your house.
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Esther 3:10
And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of the Jews.
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Esther 8:2
And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther put Mordecai over the family of Haman.
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Job 13:28
Though a man comes to nothing like a bit of dead wood, or like a robe which has become food for the worm.
Psalms 39:11
By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)
Isaiah 50:9
See, the Lord God is my helper; who will give a decision against me? truly, all of them will become old like a robe; they will be food for the worm.
Isaiah 51:8
For like a coat they will be food for the insect, the worm will make a meal of them like wool: but my righteousness will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.
Hosea 5:12
And so to Ephraim I am like a wasting insect, and a destruction to the children of Judah.
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Job 32:21
Let me not give respect to any man, or give names of honour to any living.
Malachi 2:9
And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.
Acts 10:34
Then Peter said, Truly, I see clearly that God is no respecter of persons:
Romans 2:11
For one man is not different from another before God.
2 Corinthians 5:16
For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.
Galatians 2:6
But from those who seemed to be important (whatever they were has no weight with me: God does not take man's person into account): those who seemed to be important gave nothing new to me;
1 Timothy 5:21
I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.
Jude 1:16
These are the men who make trouble, ever desiring change, going after evil pleasures, using high-sounding words, respecting men's position in the hope of reward.
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Psalms 14:1
To the chief music-maker. Of David. The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.
Proverbs 28:21
It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.
Ezekiel 33:31
And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.
Matthew 18:17
And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.
John 10:13
Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.
John 12:6
(He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)
1 Corinthians 5:4
In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you have come together with my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus,
1 Timothy 6:5
Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
1 Peter 5:2
Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;
2 Peter 2:1
But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.
2 Peter 2:2
And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.
2 Peter 2:3
And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.
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Esther 8:12
On one day in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, that is, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.
Song of Solomon 5:14
His hands are as rings of gold ornamented with beryl-stones; his body is as a smooth plate of ivory covered with sapphires.
Isaiah 3:21
The rings, and the nose-jewels,
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Proverbs 5:14
I was in almost all evil in the company of the people.
Jeremiah 5:4
Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.
Jeremiah 5:5
I will go to the great men and have talk with them; for they have knowledge of the way of the Lord and of the behaviour desired by their God. But as for these, their one purpose is a broken yoke and burst bands.
Revelation 6:15
And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains;
Revelation 6:16
And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Come down on us, covering us from the face of him who is seated on the high seat, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Revelation 6:17
For the great day of their wrath is come, and who may keep his place?
Revelation 22:1
And I saw a river of water of life, clear as glass, coming out of the high seat of God and of the Lamb,
Revelation 22:16
I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give witness to you of these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright and morning star.
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Isaiah 64:6
For we have all become like an unclean person, and all our good acts are like a dirty robe: and we have all become old like a dead leaf, and our sins, like the wind, take us away.
Zechariah 3:4
And he made answer and said to those who were there before him, Take the unclean robes off him, and let him be clothed in clean robes;
Zechariah 3:5
And let them put a clean head-dress on his head. So they put a clean head-dress on his head, clothing him with clean robes: and to him he said, See, I have taken your sin away from you.
Zechariah 3:6
And the angel of the Lord made a statement to Joshua, and said,
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Mark 9:41
Whoever gives you a cup of water, because you are Christ's, truly I say to you, he will in no way be without his reward.
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Proverbs 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a stiff spirit before a fall.
Mark 12:38
And in his teaching he said, Be on your watch against the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes and be respected in the market-places,
Luke 11:43
A curse is on you, Pharisees! for your desires are for the most important seats in the Synagogues and for words of respect said to you in the market-place.
Luke 14:7
And he gave teaching in the form of a story to the guests who came to the feast, when he saw how they took the best seats; saying to them,
Luke 14:8
When you get a request to come to a feast, do not take the best seat, for a more important man than you may be coming,
Luke 14:9
And then the giver of the feast will come to you and say, Give your place to this man; and you, with shame, will have to take the lowest seat.
Luke 14:10
But when you come, go and take the lowest seat, so that when the giver of the feast comes, he may say to you, Friend, come up higher; and then you will have honour in the eyes of all the others who are there.
Luke 14:11
For every man who gives himself a high place will be put down, but he who takes a low place will be lifted up.
Luke 14:12
And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.
Luke 20:46
Keep away from the scribes, whose pleasure it is to go about in long robes, and to have words of respect said to them in the market-places, and to take the chief seats in the Synagogues and the first places at feasts;
Romans 12:10
Be kind to one another with a brother's love, putting others before yourselves in honour;
Romans 12:16
Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.
Philippians 2:3
Doing nothing through envy or through pride, but with low thoughts of self let everyone take others to be better than himself;
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Deuteronomy 25:3
He may be given forty blows, not more; for if more are given, your brother may be shamed before you.
Job 18:3
Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?
Luke 15:30
But when this your son came, who has been wasting your property with bad women, you put to death the fat young ox for him.
Luke 18:9
And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:
Luke 18:10
Two men went up to the Temple for prayer; one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-farmer.
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.
Luke 18:12
Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.
Acts 3:1
Now Peter and John were going up to the Temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer;
Acts 4:1
And while they were talking to the people, the priests and the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees came up to them,
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Luke 22:26
But let it not be so with you; but he who is greater, let him become like the younger; and he who is chief, like a servant.
Ephesians 4:11
And he gave some as Apostles, and some, prophets; and some, preachers of the good news; and some to give care and teaching;
1 Timothy 4:14
Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.
Revelation 18:14
And the fruit of your soul's desire has gone from you, and all things delicate and shining have come to an end and will never again be seen.
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John 19:3
And they kept coming and saying, Long life to the King of the Jews! And they gave him blows with their hands.
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Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let your clothing be white at all times, and let not your head be without oil.
Acts 1:10
And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,
Acts 12:21
And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.
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1 Corinthians 14:16
For if you give a blessing with the spirit, how will the man who has no knowledge say, So be it, after your prayer, seeing that he has not taken in what you are saying?
1 Corinthians 14:24
But if all are teaching as prophets, and a man without faith or knowledge comes in, he is tested by all, he is judged by all;
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Psalms 119:63
I keep company with all your worshippers, and those who have your orders in their memory.
Acts 2:44
And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common;
Acts 11:30
Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
1 Corinthians 16:2
On the first day of the week, let every one of you put by him in store, in measure as he has done well in business, so that it may not be necessary to get money together when I come.
Galatians 2:10
Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.
1 John 3:17
But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?
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Philippians 1:12
Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;
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Colossians 4:15
Give my love to the brothers in Laodicea and to Nymphas and the church in their house.
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Matthew 19:26
And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not possible; but with God all things are possible.
Hebrews 6:4
As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit,
Hebrews 6:5
With knowledge of the good word of God, and of the powers of the coming time,
Hebrews 6:6
And then let themselves be turned away, it is not possible for their hearts to be made new a second time; because they themselves put the Son of God on the cross again, openly shaming him.
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James 4:13
How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:
James 5:1
Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.
James 5:2
Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.
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1 Samuel 2:8
Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.
Psalms 49:1
Alamoth. To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. Give attention to this, all you peoples; let your ears be open, all you who are living in the world.
Psalms 62:9
Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.
Proverbs 29:13
The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.
Isaiah 60:13
The glory of Lebanon will come to you, the cypress, the plane, and the sherbin-tree together, to make my holy place beautiful; and the resting-place of my feet will be full of glory.
Matthew 19:29
And everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or child, or land, for my name, will be given a hundred times as much, and have eternal life.
Luke 1:53
Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;
Luke 16:20
And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,
1 Corinthians 12:21
And the eye may not say to the hand, I have no need of you: or again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
James 1:9
But let the brother of low position be glad that he is lifted up;
1 Peter 2:5
You, as living stones, are being made into a house of the spirit, a holy order of priests, making those offerings of the spirit which are pleasing to God through Jesus Christ.
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Revelation 1:20
The secret of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold vessels with burning lights. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven lights are the seven churches.
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Revelation 2:1
To the angel of the church in Ephesus say: These things says he who has the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the middle of the seven gold lights:
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Acts 15:21
For Moses, from times long past, has his preachers in every town, reading his law in the Synagogues every Sabbath.
James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, sends words of love to the twelve tribes of the Jews living in all parts of the earth.
James 1:2
Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;
Revelation 7:4
And there came to my ears the number of those who had the mark on their brows, a hundred and forty-four thousand, who were marked out of every tribe of the people of Israel.
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