James 2:3

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

and you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “Have a seat here, please,” while you say to the poor man, “Stand there,” or, “Sit at my feet,”

Cross References

Proverbs 18:23

The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

Isaiah 65:5

who say, “Keep to yourself, do not come near me, for I am set apart from you.” These are a smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all the day.

Luke 23:11

And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him; then, arraying him in gorgeous apparel, he sent him back to Pilate.

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich.

James 2:2

For if a man with gold rings and in fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in,

James 2:6

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

Jude 1:16

These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own passions, loud-mouthed boasters, flattering people to gain advantage.