James 2:6
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?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
In Context
7Do not they blaspheme the good name that is invoked upon you?
Cross References
Job 20:19Because he broke in and stripped the poor: he hath violently taken away a house which he did not build.
Psalms 14:6For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the counsel of the poor man, but the Lord is his hope.
Proverbs 17:5He that despiseth the poor, reproacheth his Maker; and he that rejoiceth at another man's ruin, shall not be unpunished.
Ecclesiastes 5:8Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.
Matthew Henry on James 2:2-8
Regard Due to Poor Christians; Partiality Condemned. ( a. d. 61.) 1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: 4 Are ye not then partial in… Read the whole commentary →