Matthew 25:45
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45 Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, (A)inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’
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Proverbs 21:13
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13 (A)Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor
Will also cry himself and not be heard.
Acts 9:5
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5 And he said, “Who are You, Lord?”
Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. [a]It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”
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Matthew 25:40
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40 And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, (A)inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
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Proverbs 17:5
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5 (A)He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker;
(B)He who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 14:31
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31 (A)He who oppresses the poor reproaches (B)his Maker,
But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy.
1 John 3:12-20
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12 not as (A)Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother’s righteous.
13 Do not marvel, my brethren, if (B)the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love [a]his brother abides in death. 15 (C)Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that (D)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
The Outworking of Love
16 (E)By this we know love, (F)because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But (G)whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
18 My little children, (H)let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And by this we [b]know (I)that we are of the truth, and shall [c]assure our hearts before Him. 20 (J)For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
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- 1 John 3:14 NU omits his brother
- 1 John 3:19 NU shall know
- 1 John 3:19 persuade, set at rest
1 John 5:1-3
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Obedience by Faith
5 Whoever believes that (A)Jesus is the Christ is (B)born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and (C)keep His commandments. 3 (D)For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And (E)His commandments are not burdensome.
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John 15:18-19
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The World’s Hatred
18 (A)“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. 19 (B)If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet (C)because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
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Psalm 105:15
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15 Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My prophets no harm.”
Zechariah 2:8
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8 For thus says the Lord of hosts: “He sent Me after glory, to the nations which plunder you; for he who (A)touches you touches the [a]apple of His eye.
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- Zechariah 2:8 Lit. pupil
Numbers 24:9
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9 ‘He(A) bows down, he lies down as a lion;
And as a lion, who shall rouse him?’
(B)“Blessed is he who blesses you,
And cursed is he who curses you.”
Genesis 12:3
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3 (A)I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in (B)you all the families of the earth shall be (C)blessed.”
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