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James 2:1 (NIV)

My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.

James 2:2 (NIV)

Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in.

James 2:3 (NIV)

If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,”

James 2:4 (NIV)

have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

James 2:5 (NIV)

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?

James 2:6 (NIV)

But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?

James 2:7 (NIV)

Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?

James 2:8 (NIV)

If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing right.

James 2:9 (NIV)

But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.

James 1:9 (NIV)

Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.

James 1:2 (NIV)

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,

1 Samuel 9:2 (NIV)

Kish had a son named Saul, as handsome a young man as could be found anywhere in Israel, and he was a head taller than anyone else.

2 Kings 9:1 (NIV)

The prophet Elisha summoned a man from the company of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take this flask of olive oil with you and go to Ramoth Gilead.

2 Corinthians 9:1 (NIV)

There is no need for me to write to you about this service to the Lord’s people.

1 Kings 9:2 (NIV)

the Lord appeared to him a second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon.

2 Chronicles 1:9 (NIV)

Now, Lord God, let your promise to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people who are as numerous as the dust of the earth.

1 John 2:9 (NIV)

Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness.

1 Corinthians 2:9 (NIV)

However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived” — the things God has prepared for those who love him—

2 Corinthians 1:9 (NIV)

Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.

1 Samuel 2:9 (NIV)

He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. “It is not by strength that one prevails;

2 Peter 1:9 (NIV)

But whoever does not have them is nearsighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.

1 Timothy 2:9 (NIV)

I also want the women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, adorning themselves, not with elaborate hairstyles or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,

2 Samuel 1:9 (NIV)

“Then he said to me, ‘Stand here by me and kill me! I’m in the throes of death, but I’m still alive.’

2 John 1:9 (NIV)

Anyone who runs ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ does not have God; whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

2 Timothy 1:9 (NIV)

He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,