James 2:3

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

if you look with favour on the one wearing the fine clothes and say, ‘Sit here in a good place,’ and yet you say to the poor person, ‘Stand over there,’ or ‘Sit here on the floor by my footstool,’

Cross References

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich,  for your sake he became poor,  so that by his poverty you might become rich.

James 2:6

Yet you have dishonoured the poor.  Don’t the rich oppress you and drag  you into court?

Jude 1:16

These people are discontented grumblers, living according to their desires;  their mouths utter arrogant words, flattering  people for their own advantage.

Isaiah 65:5

They say, “Keep to yourself, don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you! ” These practices are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor person pleads, but the rich one answers roughly.

Luke 23:11

Then Herod, with his soldiers, treated him with contempt, mocked  him, dressed him in bright clothing,  and sent him back to Pilate.

James 2:2

For if someone comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and a poor person dressed in filthy clothes also comes in,