Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 132
Question 132
What are the sins of equals?
The sins of equals are, besides the neglect of the duties required, the undervaluing of the worth, envying the gifts, grieving at the advancement of prosperity one of another; and usurping preeminence one over another.
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Romans 13:88Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
2 Timothy 3:33unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
Acts 7:99Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
Galatians 5:2626Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.
Numbers 12:22“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.
Esther 6:12-1312Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
13Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
3 John 1:99I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.
Luke 22:2424A dispute also arose among the disciples as to which of them would be considered the greatest.
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