Luke 16:19
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The Rich Man and Lazarus
19 “There was a rich man who was clothed in (A)purple and fine linen and (B)who feasted sumptuously every day.
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Ezekiel 16:49
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49 Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had pride, (A)excess of food, and prosperous ease, but did not aid the poor and needy.
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Luke 18:24-25
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24 Jesus, seeing that he had become sad, said, (A)“How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter (B)the kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter (C)the kingdom of God.”
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James 5:1-5
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Warning to the Rich
5 Come now, (A)you rich, weep and howl for the (B)miseries that are coming upon you. 2 (C)Your riches have rotted and (D)your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. (E)You have laid up treasure (F)in the last days. 4 Behold, (G)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and (H)the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of (I)the Lord of hosts. 5 (J)You have lived on the earth in luxury and (K)in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in (L)a day of slaughter.
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Amos 6:4-6
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4 “Woe to those (A)who lie on (B)beds of ivory
(C)and stretch themselves out on their couches,
and eat lambs from the flock
(D)and calves from the midst of the stall,
5 (E)who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp
and like David (F)invent for themselves instruments of music,
6 (G)who drink wine in bowls
and (H)anoint themselves with the finest oils,
but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!
Ezekiel 27:7
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7 (A)Of fine embroidered linen from Egypt
was your sail,
serving as your banner;
blue and purple from (B)the coasts of Elishah
was your awning.
Revelation 18:16
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16 “Alas, alas, for the great city
(A)that was clothed in fine linen,
in purple and scarlet,
adorned with gold,
with jewels, and with pearls!
Revelation 18:7
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7 (A)As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
(B)‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
and mourning I shall never see.’
Revelation 17:4
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4 The woman (A)was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and adorned (B)with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand (C)a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her sexual immorality.
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Luke 16:1
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The Parable of the Dishonest Manager
16 He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had (A)a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
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Luke 12:16-21
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16 And he told them a parable, saying, (A)“The land of a rich man produced plentifully, 17 and he thought to himself, (B)‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my (C)barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up (D)for many years; relax, (E)eat, drink, be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, (F)‘Fool! (G)This night (H)your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, (I)whose will they be?’ 21 So is the one (J)who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”
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Mark 15:17
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17 And they clothed him in (A)a purple cloak, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on him.
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Ezekiel 16:13
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13 Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth. (A)You ate fine flour and honey and oil. (B)You grew exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty.
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Job 21:11-15
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11 They send out their (A)little boys like a flock,
and their children dance.
12 They sing to (B)the tambourine and (C)the lyre
and rejoice to the sound of (D)the pipe.
13 They (E)spend their days in prosperity,
and in (F)peace they go down to (G)Sheol.
14 They say to God, (H)‘Depart from us!
We do not desire the knowledge of your ways.
15 (I)What is the Almighty, that we should serve him?
And what (J)profit do we get if we pray to him?’
Esther 8:15
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15 Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king (A)in royal robes of blue and white, with a great golden crown[a] and (B)a robe of fine linen and purple, (C)and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
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- Esther 8:15 Or headdress
Judges 8:26
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26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels[a] of gold, besides (A)the crescent ornaments and (B)the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and besides the collars that were around the necks of their camels.
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- Judges 8:26 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
Luke 15:13
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13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in (A)reckless living.
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Mark 15:20
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20 And when they had (A)mocked him, they stripped him of (B)the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him. And they (C)led him out to crucify him.
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Psalm 73:3-7
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4 For they have no pangs until death;
their bodies are fat and sleek.
5 They are not in trouble as others are;
they are not (D)stricken like the rest of mankind.
6 Therefore pride is (E)their necklace;
violence covers them as (F)a garment.
7 Their (G)eyes swell out through fatness;
their hearts overflow with follies.
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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