James 2:6

The English Standar Version

But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?

Cross References

Job 20:19

For he has crushed and abandoned the poor; he has seized a house that he did not build.

Psalm 10:10

The helpless are crushed, sink down, and fall by his might.

Psalm 10:14

But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation, that you may take it into your hands; to you the helpless commits himself; you have been the helper of the fatherless.

Psalm 10:2

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.

Psalm 10:8

He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he murders the innocent. His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;

Psalm 12:5

"Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise," says the LORD; "I will place him in the safety for which he longs."

Psalm 14:6

You would shame the plans of the poor, but[2] the LORD is his refuge.

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

Proverbs 17:5

Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor use entreaties, but the rich answer roughly.

Proverbs 22:16

Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only 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 see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected[2] by men; a man of sorrows,[3] and acquainted with[4] grief;[5] and as one from whom men hide their faces[6] he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

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 your husbands, 'Bring, that we may drink!'

Amos 5:11

Therefore because you trample on[2] the poor and you exact taxes of grain from him, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

Habakkuk 3:14

You pierced with his own arrows the heads of his warriors, who came like a whirlwind to scatter me, rejoicing as if to devour the poor in secret.

Zechariah 7:10

do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart."

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 devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.

Acts 17:6

And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also,

Acts 18:12

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal,

Acts 8:3

But Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.

1 Corinthians 11:22

What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, I will not.

James 2:3

and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, "You sit here in a good place," while you say to the poor man, "You stand over there," or, "Sit down at my feet,"

James 5:4

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out against you, and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

James 5:6

You have condemned; you have murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.