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James 2:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

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James 2:3• ³and ye look upon him who wears the splendid apparel, and say, Do thou sit here well, and say to the poor, Do thou stand there, or sit here under my footstool: (James 2:3)

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Psa. 14:6• ⁶Ye have shamed the counsel of the afflicted, because Jehovah was his refuge. (Psa. 14:6)

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Prov. 14:31• ³¹He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker; but he that honoureth Him is gracious to the needy. (Prov. 14:31)

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Prov. 17:5• ⁵Whoso mocketh a poor man reproacheth his Maker; he that is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent. (Prov. 17:5)

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Eccl. 9:15‑16• ¹⁵and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remembered that poor man.
¹⁶Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. (Eccl. 9:15‑16)

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Isa. 53:3• ³He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom men hide their faces;--despised, and we esteemed him not. (Isa. 53:3)

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John 8:49• ⁴⁹Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me. (John 8:49)

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1 Cor. 11:22• ²²Have ye not then houses for eating and drinking? or do ye despise the assembly of God, and put to shame them who have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this point I do not praise. (1 Cor. 11:22)

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James 5:4• ⁴Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. (James 5:4)

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Job 20:19• ¹⁹For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build. (Job 20:19)

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Psa. 10:2,8,10,14• ²The wicked, in his pride, doth hotly pursue the afflicted. They shall be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
⁸He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.
¹⁰He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.
¹⁴Thou hast seen it, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless. (Psa. 10:2,8,10,14)

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Psa. 12:5• ⁵Because of the oppression of the afflicted, because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith Jehovah, I will set him in safety, at whom they puff. (Psa. 12:5)

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Prov. 22:16• ¹⁶He that oppresseth the poor, it is to enrich him; he that giveth to the rich, bringeth only to want. (Prov. 22:16)

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Eccl. 5:8• ⁸If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for a higher than the high is watching, and there are higher than they. (Eccl. 5:8)

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Isa. 3:14‑15• ¹⁴Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their princes, saying: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard: the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
¹⁵What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts. (Isa. 3:14‑15)

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Amos 2:6‑7• ⁶Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
⁷panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name. (Amos 2:6‑7)

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Amos 4:1• ¹Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, that crush the needy, that say to their lords, Bring, and let us drink: (Amos 4:1)

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Amos 5:11• ¹¹Forasmuch, therefore, as ye trample upon the poor, and take from him presents of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, and ye shall not drink the wine of them. (Amos 5:11)

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Amos 8:4‑6• ⁴Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,
⁵saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances for deceit:
⁶that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat. (Amos 8:4‑6)

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Mic. 6:11‑12• ¹¹Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
¹²For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. (Mic. 6:11‑12)

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Hab. 3:14• ¹⁴Thou didst strike through with his own spears the head of his leaders: They came out as a whirlwind to scatter me, Whose exulting was as to devour the afflicted secretly. (Hab. 3:14)

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Zech. 7:10• ¹⁰and oppress not the widow and the fatherless, the stranger and the afflicted; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. (Zech. 7:10)

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James 5:6• ⁶ye have condemned, ye have killed the just; he does not resist you. (James 5:6)

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1 Kings 21:11‑13• ¹¹And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles that dwelt in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, as it was written in the letter that she had sent to them:
¹²they proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth at the head of the people.
¹³And there came the two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him; and the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. (1 Kings 21:11‑13)

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Acts 4:1‑3,26‑28• ¹And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
²being distressed on account of their teaching the people and preaching by Jesus the resurrection from among the dead;
³and they laid hands on them, and put them in ward till the morrow; for it was already evening.
²⁶The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.
²⁷For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city
²⁸to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass. (Acts 4:1‑3,26‑28)

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Acts 5:17‑18,26‑27• ¹⁷And the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with wrath,
¹⁸and laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison.
²⁶Then the captain, having gone with the officers, brought them, not with violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.
²⁷And they bring them and set them in the council. And the high priest asked them, (Acts 5:17‑18,26‑27)

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Acts 13:50• ⁵⁰But the Jews excited the women of the upper classes who were worshippers, and the first people of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their coasts. (Acts 13:50)

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Acts 16:19‑20• ¹⁹And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market before the magistrates;
²⁰and having brought them up to the praetors, said, These men utterly trouble our city, being Jews, (Acts 16:19‑20)

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Acts 17:6• ⁶and not having found them, dragged Jason and certain brethren before the politarchs, crying out, These men that have set the world in tumult, are come here also, (Acts 17:6)

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Acts 18:12• ¹²But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one consent rose against Paul and led him to the judgment-seat, (Acts 18:12)

• These professors had despised them; these rich men blasphemed the name of Christ and persecuted Christians. (“James 2” by J.N. Darby)

• They viewed both rich and poor with the world’s superficial gaze, and not with the penetrating eye of faith. (“James 2” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

But *ye* have despised the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do not *they* drag you before the tribunals?

W. Kelly Translation

But ye dishonoured the poor [man]. Do not the rich oppress you, and they drag you before tribunals?