James 2:3
and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, `Thou -- sit thou here well,' and to the poor man may say, `Thou -- stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,' --
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Referenced Verses
- 2 Cor 8:9 : 9 for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor -- being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.
- Luke 7:44-46 : 44 And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, `Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe; 45 a kiss to me thou didst not give, but this woman, from what `time' I came in, did not cease kissing my feet; 46 with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet;
- Isa 65:5 : 5 Who are saying, `Keep to thyself, come not nigh to me, For I have declared thee unholy.' These `are' a smoke in Mine anger, A fire burning all the day.
- Jas 2:6 : 6 and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;
- Jude 1:16 : 16 These are murmurers, repiners; according to their desires walking, and their mouth doth speak great swellings, giving admiration to persons for the sake of profit;
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- Jas 2:1-22 verses87%
1My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,
2for if there may come into your synagogue a man with gold ring, in gay raiment, and there may come in also a poor man in vile raiment,
- Jas 2:4-74 verses81%
4ye did not judge fully in yourselves, and did become ill-reasoning judges.
5Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?
6and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;
7do they not themselves speak evil of the good name that was called upon you?
- Mark 12:38-392 verses75%
38and he was saying to them in his teaching, `Beware of the scribes, who will in long robes to walk, and love salutations in the market-places,
39and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in suppers,
- Luke 14:7-104 verses74%
7And he spake a simile unto those called, marking how they were choosing out the first couches, saying unto them,
8`When thou mayest be called by any one to marriage-feasts, thou mayest not recline on the first couch, lest a more honourable than thou may have been called by him,
9and he who did call thee and him having come shall say to thee, Give to this one place, and then thou mayest begin with shame to occupy the last place.
10`But, when thou mayest be called, having gone on, recline in the last place, that when he who called thee may come, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher; then thou shalt have glory before those reclining with thee;
- Matt 23:5-62 verses74%
5`And all their works they do to be seen by men, and they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes of their garments,
6they love also the chief couches in the supper, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
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46`Take heed of the scribes, who are wishing to walk in long robes, and are loving salutations in the markets, and first seats in the synagogues, and first couches in the suppers,
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43`Wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.
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9and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors;
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21To discern faces is not good, And for a piece of bread doth a man transgress.
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10He doth surely reprove you, if in secret ye accept faces.
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8`But what went ye out to see? -- a man clothed in soft garments? lo, those wearing the soft things are in the kings' houses.
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25but what have ye gone forth to see? a man in soft garments clothed? lo, they in splendid apparellings, and living in luxury, are in the houses of kings!
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3and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife.
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19That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands `are' all of them.
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6He hath set the fool in many high places, And the rich in a low place do sit.
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19`And -- a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,
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15`Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.
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2your riches have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;
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11`And the king having come in to view those reclining, saw there a man not clothed with clothing of the marriage-feast,
- Luke 14:12-132 verses70%
12And he said also to him who did call him, `When thou mayest make a dinner or a supper, be not calling thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kindred, nor rich neighbours, lest they may also call thee again, and a recompense may come to thee;
13but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,
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15and he said to them, `Ye are those declaring yourselves righteous before men, but God doth know your hearts; because that which among men is high, `is' abomination before God;
- Prov 25:6-72 verses69%
6Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.
7For better `that' he hath said to thee, `Come thou up hither,' Than `that' he humble thee before a noble, Whom thine eyes have seen.
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11Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.
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6When one layeth hold on his brother, `Of' the house of his father, `by' the garment, `Come, a ruler thou art to us, And this ruin `is' under thy hand.'
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29and I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these.
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10be made low before the Lord, and He shall exalt you.
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17because thou sayest -- I am rich, and have grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,
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4of the things of life, indeed, then, if ye may have judgment, those despised in the assembly -- these cause ye to sit;
- Jas 2:15-162 verses68%
15and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,
16and any one of you may say to them, `Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,' and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what `is' the profit?
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11For there is no acceptance of faces with God,
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1`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not -- reward ye have not from your Father who `is' in the heavens;
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31An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.
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23These also are for the wise: -- To discern faces in judgment is not good.
- Jas 1:9-102 verses68%
9And let the brother who is low rejoice in his exaltation,
10and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;
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12and whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.
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8but will not `rather' say to him, Prepare what I may sup, and having girded thyself about, minister to me, till I eat and drink, and after these things thou shalt eat and drink?
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1And having looked up, he saw those who did cast their gifts to the treasury -- rich men,