Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
General references
Bible References
When
Luke 1:53 “He has filled the hungry with good things;
And sent away the rich empty-handed.
And sent away the rich empty-handed.
Proverbs 14:20 The poor is hated even by his neighbor,
But those who love the rich are many.
But those who love the rich are many.
Proverbs 22:16 He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself
Or who gives to the rich,will only come to poverty.
Or who gives to the rich,
James 2:1 My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.
And a
Luke 6:32 If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
Zechariah 7:5
“Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me that you fasted?
Matthew 5:46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
Matthew 6:1 “Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.
General references
Matthew 5:42 Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you.
Luke 6:34 If you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount.