James 2:6

God's Word

Yet, you show no respect to poor people. Don’t rich people oppress you and drag you into court?

Cross References

Job 20:19

because he crushed and abandoned the poor. He has taken by force a house that he didn’t build.

Psalm 10:10

⌞His⌟ victims are crushed. They collapse, and they fall under ⌞the weight of⌟ his power.

Psalm 10:14

You have seen ⌞it⌟; yes, you have taken note of trouble and grief and placed them under your control. The victim entrusts himself to you. You alone have been the helper of orphans.

Psalm 10:2

The wicked person arrogantly pursues oppressed people. He will be caught in the schemes that he planned.

Psalm 10:8

He waits in ambush in the villages. From his hiding places he kills innocent people. His eyes are on the lookout for victims.

Psalm 12:5

“Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord. “I will provide safety for those who long for it.”

Psalm 14:6

They put the advice of oppressed people to shame because the Lord is their refuge.

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever oppresses the poor insults his maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors him.

Proverbs 17:5

Whoever makes fun of a poor person insults his maker. Whoever is happy ⌞to see someone’s⌟ distress will not escape punishment.

Proverbs 18:23

A poor person is timid when begging, but a rich person is blunt when replying.

Proverbs 22:16

Oppressing the poor for profit ⌞or⌟ giving to the rich certainly leads to poverty.

Proverbs 22:7

A rich person rules poor people, and a borrower is a slave to a lender.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Don’t be surprised if you see poor people being oppressed, denied justice, or denied their rights in any district. One authority is watching over another, and they both have authorities watching over them.

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by people. He was a man of sorrows, familiar with suffering. He was despised like one from whom people turn their faces, and we didn’t consider him to be worth anything.

Amos 4:1

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria. You women oppress the poor and abuse the needy. You say to your husbands, “Get some wine! Let’s drink!”

Amos 5:11

You trample on the poor and take their wheat from them for taxes. That is why you build houses from hand-cut stones, but you will not live in them. You plant beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink their wine.

Habakkuk 3:14

You pierce the leader of his gang with his own arrows. His soldiers come like a violent storm to scatter me. They are arrogant like those who secretly eat up the poor.

Zechariah 7:10

Don’t oppress widows, orphans, foreigners, and poor people. And don’t even think of doing evil to each other.

John 8:49

Jesus answered, “I’m not possessed. I honor my Father, but you dishonor me.

Acts 13:50

But Jews stirred up devout women of high social standing and the officials of the city. These people started to persecute Paul and Barnabas and threw them out of their territory.

Acts 17:6

When they didn’t find Paul and Silas, they dragged Jason and some other believers in front of the city officials. They shouted, “Those men who have made trouble all over the world are now here in Thessalonica,

Acts 18:12

While Gallio was governor of Greece, the Jews had one thought in mind. They attacked Paul and brought him to court.

Acts 8:3

Saul tried to destroy the church. He dragged men and women out of one home after another and threw them into prison.

1 Corinthians 11:22

Don’t you have homes in which to eat and drink? Do you despise God’s church and embarrass people who don’t have anything to eat? What can I say to you? Should I praise you? I won’t praise you for this.

James 2:3

Suppose you give special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say to him, “Please have a seat.” But you say to the poor man, “Stand over there,” or “Sit on the floor at my feet.”

James 5:4

The wages you refused to pay the people who harvested your fields shout ⌞to God⌟ against you. The Lord of Armies has heard the cries of those who gather the crops.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered people who have God’s approval, even though they didn’t resist you.