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Job 34:19

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He does not accept the reputation of leaders; nor does he recognize the tyrant as he contends against the poor. For all are the work of his hands.

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Let the fear of the Lord be with you, and do all things with diligence. For there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor desire for gifts."

Does it seem good to you, if you find fault with me and oppress me, the work of your own hands, and assist the counsel of the impious?

He leads away priests in dishonor and displaces nobles,

He pours distain upon the leaders, relieving those who had been oppressed.

He will accuse you because in secret you have preempted his presence.

Have you taken his place, and do you struggle to give judgment in favor of God?

Is not he who created me in the womb, also he who labored to make him? And did not one and the same form me in the womb?

I will not esteem the reputation of a man, and I will not equate God with man.

He says to the king, "You are an apostate." He calls commanders impious.

Lay down your greatness without distress, and put aside all of your power with courage.

The rich shall not add to the half shekel, and the poor shall diminish nothing.

Whoever slanders the indigent argues against his Maker. But he who has compassion on the poor honors his Maker.

The rich and poor have met one another. The Lord is the maker of them both.

But finally, there is the King who rules over the entire earth, which is subject to him.

The Lord will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and with their leaders. For you have been devouring the vineyard, and the plunder from the poor is in your house.

You shall not do what is unjust, nor shall you judge unjustly. You shall not consider the reputation of the poor, nor shall you honor the countenance of the powerful. Judge your neighbor justly.

Then, Peter, opening his mouth, said: "I have concluded in truth that God is not a respecter of persons.

For there is no favoritism with God.

And God has chosen the ignoble and contemptible of the world, those who are nothing, so that he may reduce to nothing those who are something.

and away from those who were pretending to be something. (Whatever they might have been once, it means nothing to me. God does not accept the reputation of a man.) And those who were claiming to be something had nothing to offer me.

And you, lords, act similarly toward them, setting aside threats, knowing that the Lord of both you and them is in heaven. For with him there is no favoritism toward anyone.

For the Lord your God himself is the God of gods, and the Lord of lords, a God great and powerful and terrible, who favors no person and accepts no bribe.

For whoever causes injury shall be repaid for what he has wrongfully done. And there no favoritism with God.

Thus, in receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace. So, through grace, let us be of service, by pleasing God with fear and reverence.

My most beloved brothers, listen. Has not God chosen the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that God has promised to those who love him?

And if you invoke as Father him who, without showing favoritism to persons, judges according to each one's work, then act in fear during the time of your sojourning here.




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