Overcoming Prejudice
But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." - 1 Samuel 16:7 NKJV
He who despises his neighbor sins; But he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he. - Proverbs 14:21 NKJV
"Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. - Matthew 7:1-2 NKJV
"And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise. - Luke 6:31 NKJV
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." - John 13:34-35 NKJV
Then he said to them, "You know how unlawful it is for a Jewish man to keep company with or go to one of another nation. But God has shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean. - Acts 10:28 NKJV
Then Peter opened his mouth and said: "In truth I perceive that God shows no partiality. But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him. - Acts 10:34-35 NKJV
"God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. - Acts 17:24 NKJV
"Nor is He worshiped with men's hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their pre-appointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, 'For we are also His offspring.'
- Acts 17:24-28 NKJV
For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. - Galatians 3:27-29 NKJV
where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all. - Colossians 3:11 NKJV
to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men. But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, - Titus 3:2-6 NKJV
With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.
- James 3:9 NKJV
And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins." - 1 Peter 4:8 NKJV
We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. - 1 John 3:14 NKJV