Bible Cross References
when
Luke 1:53
He fills the hungry with good things, and the rich He sends away empty.
Proverbs 14:20
The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich has many friends.
Proverbs 22:16
He who oppresses the poor to make increase for himself, and he who gives to the rich, shall surely come to poverty.
James 2:1-6
1
My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality.
2
For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes,
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and you have regard for the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, You sit here in a good place, and say to the poor man, You stand there, or, Sit here at my footstool,
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have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?
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Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of 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. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you to the judgment seats?
and a
Luke 6:32-36
32
For if you love those who love you, what thanks is there to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
33
And if you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks is there to you? For even sinners do the same.
34
And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what thanks is there to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back.
35
But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
36
Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
Zechariah 7:5-7
5
Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months, even those seventy years, did you truly fast to Me, even to Me?
6
And when you ate, and when you drank, did you not eat and drink for yourselves?
7
Are not these the Words which Jehovah proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem with her cities all around her were inhabited and prosperous, and the south and the lowlands were inhabited?
Matthew 5:46
For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors the same?
Matthew 6:1-4
1
Take heed that you do not do your deeds of mercy before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in Heaven.
2
Therefore, when you do a deed of mercy, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have praise from men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.
3
But when you do a deed of mercy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does,
4
that your deed of mercy may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.
Matthew 6:16-18
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Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward.
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But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
18
so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.