Bible Encyclopedia: The Poor: Despise Not

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On the Words of the Gospel, Luke x. 16, "He that Rejecteth You ...
... and set us in their place, see that ye despise not us, lest ... me to say, "Live well,
that ye may not die ill ... 3. Remember that rich and that poor man in the Gospel ...
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The Duty of Remembering the Poor
... Remember, too, that thou thyself mayst be like thy poor brother ere long, therefore,
take heed that thou despise him not, for some one will despise thee. Oh! ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/the duty of remembering the.htm

That it is Sweet to Despise the World and to Serve God
... It ought not to seem a great thing to me to serve Thee ... Thou art my God, and I am
Thy poor servant, who ... honour, great glory to serve Thee, and to despise all for ...
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The Tenth Chapter: to Despise the World and Serve God is Sweet
... It should not seem much to me; instead it should appear ... You are my Lord, and I am
Your poor servant, bound ... a great glory to serve You and to despise all things ...
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The Prayer of the Poor, and the Loving and Desiring to Die: and of ...
... When the devout poor man is noyed on account of ... that happens, and should think on
death, not with bitterness ... it that quickly thou makest it despise all passing ...
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Testimonies. 1. Of the Benefit of Good Works and Mercy.
... Break thy bread to the hungry, and bring the houseless poor into thy dwelling. If
thou seest the naked, clothe him; and despise not them of thy own seed in thy ...
/.../three books of testimonies against the jews/testimonies 1 of the benefit.htm

1 Thessalonians v. 19-22
... said, that we may not despise adjurations, especially when any entreat us for things
that are good, as for alms, and for works of mercy. But now poor men, who ...
/.../homily xi 1 thessalonians v.htm

Argument: Fate is Nothing, Except So Far as Fate is God. Man's ...
... No one can be so poor as he is born. ... whose is the whole; but we would rather despise
riches than ... suffer the human mischiefs of the body is not punishment"it ...
/.../felix/the octavius of minucius felix/chapter xxxvi argument fate is nothing.htm

How Some Persons are Unconsciously Attracted by God.
... O Wisdom Elect! since in Thee I have found Him whom my soul loveth, despise not
Thy poor creature. See how dumb my heart is to all the world in joy and sorrow. ...
/.../suso/a little book of eternal wisdom/chapter i how some persons.htm

Human Soot
... Still less do we hear that the sufferer was the child of some poor soldier's wife,
or even of some drunken camp-follower ... "Take heed that ye despise not one of ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon xxxiii human soot.htm

Torrey's Topical Textbook

Proverbs 14:21
He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

James 2:2-4
For if there come to your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
Torrey's Topical Textbook