People Taking Advantage Of You

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. — read the full passage →

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. — read the full passage →

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: — read the full passage →

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: — read the full passage →

I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee.

And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.

Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: — read the full passage →

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. — read the full passage →

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →

Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. — read the full passage →

Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. — read the full passage →

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. — read the full passage →

And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

Judge not, that ye be not judged. — read the full passage →

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: — read the full passage →

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. — read the full passage →

For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. — read the full passage →

Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. — read the full passage →

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. — read the full passage →

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. — read the full passage →

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. — read the full passage →

But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. — read the full passage →

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.

And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday: — read the full passage →

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. — read the full passage →

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. — read the full passage →

Let brotherly love continue. — read the full passage →

The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.

A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. — read the full passage →

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. — read the full passage →

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; — read the full passage →

The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? — read the full passage →

And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. — read the full passage →

A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? — read the full passage →

Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; — read the full passage →

Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. — read the full passage →