James 2:6 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ But you have dishonored the poor. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you through power? And are not they the ones who drag you to judgment?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ But you [in contrast] have insulted (humiliated, dishonored, and shown your contempt for) the poor. Is it not the rich who domineer over you? Is it not they who drag you into the law courts?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

Common English Bible

⁶ But you have dishonored the poor. Don’t the wealthy make life difficult for you? Aren’t they the ones who drag you into court?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ But you have dishonoured the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you by might? and do not they draw you before the judgment seats?

English Standard Version 2016

⁶ But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?

James 2:6 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

Job 20:19

For, having broken in, he stripped the poor. He has quickly stolen away a house he did not build.

Psalm 10:2

I trust in the Lord. How can you say to my soul, "Sojourn to the mountain, like a sparrow."

Psalm 10:8

For the Lord is just, and he has chosen justice. His countenance has beheld equity.

Psalm 12:5

lest at any time my enemy may say, "I have prevailed against him." Those who trouble me will exult, if I have been disturbed.

Proverbs 14:31

Whoever slanders the indigent argues against his Maker. But he who has compassion on the poor honors his Maker.

Proverbs 17:5

Whoever despises the poor rebukes his Maker. And whoever rejoices in the ruin of another will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 18:23

The poor will speak with supplications. And the rich will express themselves roughly.

Proverbs 22:16

Whoever slanders the poor, so as to augment his own riches, will give it away to one who is richer, and will be in need.

Proverbs 22:7

The rich rule over the poor. And the borrower is servant to the lender.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

But finally, there is the King who rules over the entire earth, which is subject to him.

Isaiah 53:3

He is despised and the least among men, a man of sorrows who knows infirmity. And his countenance was hidden and despised. Because of this, we did not esteem him.

Amos 4:1

Listen to this word, you fat cows that are on the mountain of Samaria, you who make false accusations against the destitute and crush the poor, who say to your nobles, "Bring, and we will drink."

Amos 5:11

Therefore, on his behalf, because you have torn apart the poor and stolen choice prey from him: you will build houses with square stones and you will not dwell in them; you will plant the most delightful vineyards, and you will not drink wine from them.

Habakkuk 3:14

You have cursed his scepters, the head of his warriors, those who approached like a whirlwind so as to scatter me. Their exultation was like one who devours the poor in secret.

Zechariah 7:10

And do not find fault with the widow, and the orphan, and the newcomer, and the poor. And let not a man consider evil in his heart towards his brother.

John 8:49

Jesus responded: "I do not have a demon. But I honor my Father, and you have dishonored me.

Acts 13:50

But the Jews incited some devout and honest women, and the leaders of the city. And they stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas. And they drove them away from their parts.

Acts 17:6

And when they had not found them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers to the rulers of the city, crying out: "For these are the ones who have stirred up the city. And they came here,

Acts 18:12

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up with one accord against Paul. And they brought him to the tribunal,

Acts 8:3

Then Saul was laying waste to the Church by entering throughout the houses, and dragging away men and women, and committing them to prison.

1 Corinthians 11:22

Do you not have houses, in which to eat and drink? Or do you have such contempt for the Church of God that you would confound those who do not have such contempt? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I am not praising you in this.

James 2:3

and if you are then attentive to the one who is clothed in excellent apparel, so that you say to him, "You may sit in this good place," but you say to the poor man, "You stand over there," or, "Sit below my footstool,"

James 5:4

Consider the pay of the workers who reaped your fields: it has been misappropriated by you; it cries out. And their cry has entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.

James 5:6

You led away and killed the Just One, and he did not resist you.