James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor! Is it not the rich who oppress you? Are they not the ones who drag you to court?
Unlocked Literal 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
7Do they not insult the good name by which you have been called?
Cross References
Job 20:19For he has oppressed and neglected poor people; 1 he has violently taken away houses that he did not build. 1
Psalms 10:8He waits in ambush near the villages; 1 in the secret places he murders the innocent; 1 his eyes look for some helpless victim. 1
Psalms 10:14You have taken notice, for you always see the one who inflicts the misery and sorrow. 1 The helpless entrusts himself to you; 1 you rescue the fatherless. 1
Psalms 14:6You want to humiliate the poor person 1 even though Yahweh is his refuge. 1
Proverbs 17:5Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker 1 and the one who rejoices at misfortune will not go unpunished. 1
Ecclesiastes 5:8When you see the poor being oppressed and robbed of just and right treatment in your province, do not be astonished as if no one knows, because there are people in power who watch those under them, and there are even higher ones 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 →