James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
Berean Standard Bible
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
7Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called?
Cross References
Job 20:19For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.
Psalms 10:8He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
Psalms 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 14:6You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
Proverbs 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.
Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
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 →