James 2:6

New American Standard Bible 2020

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

Cross References

Job 20:19

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

Psalm 10:10

Then he crushes the needy one, who cowers; And unfortunate people fall by his mighty power.

Psalm 10:14

You have seen it, for You have looked at harm and provocation to take it into Your hand. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You have been the helper of the orphan.

Psalm 10:2

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the needy; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

Psalm 10:8

He sits in the lurking places of the villages; He kills the innocent in the secret places; His eyes surreptitiously watch for the unfortunate.

Psalm 12:5

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

Psalm 14:6

You would put to shame the plan of the poor, But the Lord is his refuge.

Proverbs 14:31

One who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But one who is gracious to the needy honors Him.

Proverbs 17:5

One who mocks the poor taunts his Maker; One who rejoices at disaster will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 18:23

A poor person utters pleadings, But a rich person answers defiantly.

Proverbs 22:16

One who oppresses the poor to make more for himself, Or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

Proverbs 22:7

The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight; for one official watches over another official, and there are higher officials over them.

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and abandoned by men, A man of great pain and familiar with sickness; And like one from whom people hide their faces, He was despised, and we had no regard for Him.

Amos 4:1

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who exploit the poor, who oppress the needy, And 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 beautiful vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.

Habakkuk 3:14

You pierced with his own arrows The head of his leaders. They stormed in to scatter us; Their arrogance was like those Who devour the oppressed in secret.

Zechariah 7:10

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

John 8:49

Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon; on the contrary, I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.

Acts 13:50

But the Jews incited the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region.

Acts 17:6

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 rose up together against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

Acts 8:3

But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house; and he would drag away men and women and put them in prison.

1 Corinthians 11:22

What! 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 am I to say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I do 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, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of armies.

James 5:6

You have condemned and put to death the righteous person; he offers you no resistance.