James 2:6
But all of you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
Updated King James Version
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 that worthy name by the which all of you are called?
Cross References
Job 20:19Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away an house which he built not;
Psalms 10:8He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places does he murder the innocent: his eyes are privately set against the poor.
Psalms 10:14You have seen it; for you behold mischief and spite, to requite it with your hand: the poor commits himself unto you; you are the helper of the fatherless.
Psalms 14:6All of you have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
Proverbs 17:5Whoso mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regards; and there be higher than they.
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 →