James 2:6

Modern English Version

But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you and drag you before the judgment seats?

Cross References

Job 20:19

because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house that he did not build.

Psalm 10:10

He crouches; he lies low, so that the unfortunate falls by his strength.

Psalm 10:14

You have seen it, for You observe trouble and grief, to repay it with Your hand. The helpless commits himself to You; You are the helper of the orphan.

Psalm 10:2

In arrogance the wicked persecutes the poor; let them be caught in the devices they have planned.

Psalm 10:8

He sits in the lurking places of the villages; in the secret places he murders the innocent; his eyes lurk against the unfortunate.

Psalm 12:5

“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy sigh, now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he yearns.”

Psalm 14:6

You shame the plans of the poor, but the Lord is his refuge.

Proverbs 14:31

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker, but he who honors Him is kind to the poor.

Proverbs 17:5

He who mocks the poor shows contempt for his Maker; and he who gloats at calamity will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

Proverbs 22:16

He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, and he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.

Proverbs 22:7

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

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you observe in a district the oppression of the poor and violation of justice and righteousness, do not be astounded by the matter. For the high official is watched over by an even higher official, and there are even higher officials over them.

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from him; 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 and crush the needy, who say to their husbands, “Bring us something to drink!”

Amos 5:11

Therefore, because you trample on the poor and take from him a levy of wheat, though you have built houses of hewn stone, you will not dwell in them; though you have planted pleasant vineyards, you will not drink their wine.

Habakkuk 3:14

You pierced with his own arrows the leaders of his villages. They came like a whirlwind to scatter me; their rejoicing was like devouring the poor in secret.

Zechariah 7:10

Do not oppress the widow, orphan, sojourner, or poor. And let none of you contemplate evil deeds in your hearts against his brother.

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 stirred up the devout and honorable women and the chief men of the city, and raised up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them from their region.

Acts 17:6

But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the city officials, crying out, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

Acts 18:12

When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews in unity attacked Paul and brought him to court,

Acts 8:3

But Saul ravaged the church, entering house by house and dragging out both men and women and committing them to prison.

1 Corinthians 11:22

What? Do you not have houses to eat and to drink in? 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 do not praise you.

James 2:3

and you have respect for him who wears the fine clothing and say to him, “Sit here in a good place,” and say to the poor, “Stand there,” or “Sit here under my footstool,”

James 5:4

Behold, the wages that you kept back by fraud from the laborers who harvested your fields are crying, and the cries of those who harvested have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

James 5:6

You have condemned and killed the righteous man who does not resist you.