James 2:3
do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say,“You sit here in a good place,” and to the poor person,“You stand over there,” or“Sit on the floor”?
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- 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.
- Luke 7:44-46 : 44 Then, turning toward the woman, he said to Simon,“Do you see this woman? I entered your house. You gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 45 You gave me no kiss of greeting, but from the time I entered she has not stopped kissing my feet. 46 You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfumed oil.
- Isa 65:5 : 5 They say,‘Keep to yourself! Don’t get near me, for I am holier than you!’ These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long.
- Jas 2:6 : 6 But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
- Jude 1:16 : 16 These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain.
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- Jas 2:1-22 verses87%
1Prejudice and the Law of Love My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.
2For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes,
- Jas 2:4-74 verses81%
4If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?
5Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
6But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
7Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to?
- Mark 12:38-392 verses75%
38Warnings About Experts in the Law In his teaching Jesus also said,“Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces,
39and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
- Luke 14:7-104 verses74%
7On Seeking Seats of Honor Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them,
8“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host.
9So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you,‘Give this man your place.’ Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place.
10But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host approaches he will say to you,‘Friend, move up here to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you.
- Matt 23:5-62 verses74%
5They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long.
6They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues
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46“Beware of the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets.
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43Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces!
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9But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators.
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21To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.
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10He would certainly rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality!
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8What did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Look, those who wear soft clothing are in the palaces of kings!
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25What did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Look, those who wear soft clothing and live in luxury are in the royal palaces!
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3and you must not show partiality to a poor man in his lawsuit.
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19who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?
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6Fools are placed in many positions of authority, while wealthy men sit in lowly positions.
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19The Rich Man and Lazarus“There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
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15Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.
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2Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.
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11But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes.
- Luke 14:12-132 verses70%
12He said also to the man who had invited him,“When you host a dinner or a banquet, don’t invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid.
13But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.
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15But Jesus said to them,“You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.
- Prov 25:6-72 verses69%
6Do not honor yourself before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men;
7for it is better for him to say to you,“Come up here,” than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen.
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11Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.
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6Indeed, a man will grab his brother right in his father’s house and say,‘You own a coat– you be our leader! This heap of ruins will be under your control.’
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29Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these!
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10Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.
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17Because you say,“I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing,” but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,
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4So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?
- Jas 2:15-162 verses68%
15If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food,
16and one of you says to them,“Go in peace, keep warm and eat well,” but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it?
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11For there is no partiality with God.
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1Pure-hearted Giving“Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven.
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31The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.
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23Further Sayings of the Wise These sayings also are from the wise: To show partiality in judgment is terrible:
- Jas 1:9-102 verses68%
9Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.
10But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.
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12And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
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8Won’t the master instead say to him,‘Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink’?
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1The Widow’s Offering Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box.