But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? Treasury of Scripture ye. James 2:3 And you have respect to him that wears the gay clothing, and say to him, Sit you here in a good place; and say to the poor... Psalm 14:6 You have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge. Proverbs 14:31 He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor. Proverbs 17:5 Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. Ecclesiastes 9:15,16 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man... Isaiah 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him... John 8:49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honor my Father, and you do dishonor me. 1 Corinthians 11:22 What? have you not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise you the church of God, and shame them that have not?... Do. James 5:4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, cries... Job 20:19 Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away an house which he built not; Psalm 10:2,8,10,14 The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined... Psalm 12:5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, said the LORD... Proverbs 22:16 He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to want. Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter... Isaiah 3:14,15 The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for you have eaten up the vineyard... Amos 2:6,7 Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof... Amos 4:1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy... Amos 5:11 For as much therefore as your treading is on the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone... Amos 8:4-6 Hear this, O you that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail... Micah 6:11,12 Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights... Habakkuk 3:14 You did strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me... Zechariah 7:10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor... and. James 5:6 You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you. 1 Kings 21:11-13 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them... Acts 4:1-3,26-28 And as they spoke to the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came on them... Acts 5:17,18,26,27 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation... Acts 13:50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas... Acts 16:19,20 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas... Acts 17:6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brothers to the rulers of the city, crying... Acts 18:12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul...
Context A Warning Against Favoritism
1My brothers, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2For if there come to your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 3And you have respect to him that wears the gay clothing, and say to him, Sit you here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand you there, or sit here under my footstool: 4Are you not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? 5Listen, my beloved brothers, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them that love him? 6But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? 7Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which you are called? 8If you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well: 9But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if you commit no adultery, yet if you kill, you are become a transgressor of the law. 12So speak you, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. 13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has showed no mercy; and mercy rejoices against judgment. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?
Douay-Rheims Bible
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?
Darby Bible Translation
But ye have despised the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do not they drag you before the tribunals?
King James Bible
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
Young's Literal Translation
and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;
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