James 2:6

Good News Translation

But you dishonor the poor! Who are the ones who oppress you and drag you before the judges? The rich!

Cross References

Job 20:19

because they oppressed and neglected the poor and seized houses someone else had built.

Psalm 10:10

The helpless victims lie crushed; brute strength has defeated them.

Psalm 10:14

But you do see; you take notice of trouble and suffering and are always ready to help. The helpless commit themselves to you; you have always helped the needy.

Psalm 10:2

The wicked are proud and persecute the poor; catch them in the traps they have made.

Psalm 10:8

They hide themselves in the villages, waiting to murder innocent people. They spy on their helpless victims;

Psalm 12:5

“But now I will come,” says the Lord, “because the needy are oppressed and the persecuted groan in pain. I will give them the security they long for.”

Psalm 14:6

Evildoers frustrate the plans of the humble, but the Lord is their protection.

Proverbs 14:31

If you oppress poor people, you insult the God who made them; but kindness shown to the poor is an act of worship.

Proverbs 17:5

If you make fun of poor people, you insult the God who made them. You will be punished if you take pleasure in someone's misfortune.

Proverbs 18:23

When the poor speak, they have to be polite, but when the rich answer, they are rude.

Proverbs 22:16

If you make gifts to rich people or oppress the poor to get rich, you will become poor yourself.

Proverbs 22:7

Poor people are slaves of the rich. Borrow money and you are the lender's slave.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

Don't be surprised when you see that the government oppresses the poor and denies them justice and their rights. Every official is protected by someone higher, and both are protected by still higher officials.

Isaiah 53:3

We despised him and rejected him; he endured suffering and pain. No one would even look at him— we ignored him as if he were nothing.

Amos 4:1

Listen to this, you women of Samaria, who grow fat like the well-fed cows of Bashan, who mistreat the weak, oppress the poor, and demand that your husbands keep you supplied with liquor!

Amos 5:11

You have oppressed the poor and robbed them of their grain. And so you will not live in the fine stone houses you build or drink wine from the beautiful vineyards you plant.

Habakkuk 3:14

Your arrows pierced the commander of his army when it came like a storm to scatter us, gloating like those who secretly oppress the poor.

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress widows, orphans, foreigners who live among you, or anyone else in need. And do not plan ways of harming one another.’

John 8:49

“I have no demon,” Jesus answered. “I honor my Father, but you dishonor me.

Acts 13:50

But the Jews stirred up the leading men of the city and the Gentile women of high social standing who worshiped God. They started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas and threw them out of their region.

Acts 17:6

But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city authorities and shouted, “These men have caused trouble everywhere! Now they have come to our city,

Acts 18:12

When Gallio was made the Roman governor of Achaia, Jews there got together, seized Paul, and took him into court.

Acts 8:3

But Saul tried to destroy the church; going from house to house, he dragged out the believers, both men and women, and threw them into jail.

1 Corinthians 11:22

Don't you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or would you rather despise the church of God and put to shame the people who are in need? What do you expect me to say to you about this? Shall I praise you? Of course I don't!

James 2:3

If you show more respect to the well-dressed man and say to him, “Have this best seat here,” but say to the poor man, “Stand over there, or sit here on the floor by my feet,”

James 5:4

You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered innocent people, and they do not resist you.