James 2:2
For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in;
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- Esth 3:10 : 10 The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
- Esth 8:2 : 2 The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
- Zech 3:3-4 : 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel. 4 He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, "Take the filthy garments off of him." To him he said, "Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich clothing."
- Luke 15:22 : 22 "But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.
- Gen 27:15 : 15 Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.
- Matt 11:8-9 : 8 But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king's houses. 9 But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
- Isa 64:6 : 6 For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
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- Jas 2:3-97 verses87%
3 and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say, "Sit here in a good place;" and you tell the poor man, "Stand there," or "Sit by my footstool;"
4 haven't you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?
7 Don't they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?
8 However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.
9 But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.
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1 My brothers, don't hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.
- Jas 2:15-162 verses74%
15 And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
16 and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;" and yet you didn't give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
- Jas 5:1-22 verses72%
1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.
2 Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.
- Matt 22:11-122 verses71%
11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn't have on wedding clothing,
12 and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless.
- Rom 2:10-112 verses70%
10 But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
11 For there is no partiality with God.
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9 In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing;
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21 To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
- Jas 1:9-102 verses69%
9 But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;
10 and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
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19 "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
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9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.
- Prov 22:1-22 verses69%
1 A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.
2 The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.
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3 Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;
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10 He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.
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19 Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.
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25 But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
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20 Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor.
- Matt 6:1-22 verses67%
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.
2 Therefore when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a trumpet before yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may get glory from men. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
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8 But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king's houses.
- Luke 14:8-92 verses67%
8 "When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, don't sit in the best seat, since perhaps someone more honorable than you might be invited by him,
9 and he who invited both of you would come and tell you, 'Make room for this person.' Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.
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2 both low and high, rich and poor together.
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3 neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.
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39 and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts:
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15 "'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
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17 Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
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17 If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man's work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear:
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13 But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;
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27 Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
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6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.
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14 If any man doesn't obey our word in this letter, note that man, that you have no company with him, to the end that he may be ashamed.
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4 If then, you have to judge things pertaining to this life, do you set them to judge who are of no account in the assembly?
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12 For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what you have, not according to what you don't have.
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14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don't boast and don't lie against the truth.
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46 "Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;
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6 For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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29 yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.