Psalms 22:6
22:6 But I am a worm, not a man;
people insult me and despise me.
Isaiah 53:3
53:3 He was despised and rejected by people,
one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness;
people hid their faces from him;
he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
Isaiah 60:14
60:14 The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you;
all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet.
They will call you, ‘The City of the Lord,
Zion of the Holy One of Israel.’
Luke 10:16
10:16 “The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
Luke 16:14
More Warnings about the Pharisees
16:14 The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.
Luke 16:1
The Parable of the Clever Steward
16:1 Jesus also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets.
Luke 4:8
4:8 Jesus
answered him,
“It is written, ‘
You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only
him.’”
James 2:6
2:6 But you have dishonored the poor!
Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?