James 2:6

Legacy Standard Bible

But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and they themselves drag you into court?

Cross References

Job 20:19

“For he has crushed and forsaken the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built.

Psalm 10:10

He crouches, he bows down, And the unfortunate fall by his mighty ones.

Psalm 10:14

You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You have been the helper of the orphan.

Psalm 10:2

In his lofty pride the wicked hotly pursues the afflicted; Let them be caught in the thoughts which they have devised.

Psalm 10:8

He sits in the places of the villages where one lies in wait; In the hiding places he kills the innocent; His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate.

Psalm 12:5

“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”

Psalm 14:6

You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted, But Yahweh is his refuge.

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.

Proverbs 17:5

He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker; He who is glad at disaster will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor man speaks supplications, But the rich man answers with strong words.

Proverbs 22:16

He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself Or who gives to the rich will only come to lack.

Proverbs 22:7

The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is the slave of the lender.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see oppression of the poor and robbery of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished over the matter; for a lofty one keeps watch over another lofty one, and there are loftier ones over them.

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, Who say to their husbands, “Bring now, that we may drink!”

Amos 5:11

Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor And take a tribute of grain from them, Though you have built houses of cut stone, Yet you will not live in them; You have planted desirable vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.

Habakkuk 3:14

You pierced with his own sharpened rods The head of his throngs. They stormed in to scatter us; Their exultation was like those Who devour the afflicted in secret.

Zechariah 7:10

and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the sojourner or the afflicted; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.’

John 8:49

Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.

Acts 13:50

But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.

Acts 17:6

And when they did not find them, they began dragging Jason and some brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have upset the world have come here also;

Acts 18:12

But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

Acts 8:3

But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, and dragging off men and women, he was delivering them into prison.

1 Corinthians 11:22

For do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.

James 2:3

and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the bright clothes, and say, “You sit here in a good place,” and you say to the poor man, “You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool,”

James 5:4

Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields—that which has been withheld by you—cries out against you; and the outcries of those who did the harvesting have reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered the righteous man; he does not resist you.