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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 that weareth the splendid clothing, and say, Sit thou here well; and ye say to the poor one, Stand thou there, or sit under my footstool, (James 2:3)

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Psa. 14:6• ⁶Ye put to shame the counsel of the afflicted,{HR}Because Jehovah [is] his refuge. (Psa. 14:6)

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Prov. 14:31• ³¹He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker;{HR}But he that honoureth Him is merciful to the needy. (Prov. 14:31)

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Prov. 17:5• ⁵Whoso mocketh a poor [man] reproacheth his Maker;{HR}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,{HR}And he by his wisdom delivered the city;{HR}Yet no man remembered that same poor man.
¹⁶Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength:{HR}Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised,{HR}And his words are not heard. (Eccl. 9:15‑16)

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Isa. 53:3• ³He is despised and shunned of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom they hide [their] faces, he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (Isa. 53:3)

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John 8:49• ⁴⁹Jesus answered, I have not a demon, but 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 despise ye the church of God, and put shame on those that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you? In this I do not praise. (1 Cor. 11:22)

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James 5:4• ⁴Behold, the hire of the labourers who reaped your fields, that is kept back of you crieth out, and the cries of those that reaped entered into the ears of Jehovah of hosts. (James 5:4)

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Job 20:19• ¹⁹For he crushed, abandoned, the poor,{HR}Seized a house, and built it not; (Job 20:19)

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Psa. 10:2,8,10,14• ²In the pride of the wicked he doth hotly pursue the poor;{HR}They are taken in the very devices they devised.
⁸He sitteth in the place of ambush of the villages;{HR}In the lurking places he slayeth the innocent;{HR}His eyes lurk for the wretched.
¹⁰And he is crushed, he is brought low,{HR}The wretched hath fallen by his might.
¹⁴Thou hast seen;{HR}Thou beholdest mischief and provocation to requite it with thy hand;{HR}The wretched committeth himself to thee;{HR}[Of] the orphan thou hast been the helper. (Psa. 10:2,8,10,14)

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Psa. 12:5• ⁵Because of the oppression of the afflicted,{HR}Because of the groaning of the needy,{HR}Now will I arise, saith Jehovah;{HR}I will place in safety [from] him that puffeth at him. (Psa. 12:5)

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Prov. 22:16• ¹⁶He that oppresseth the poor to increase his [wealth],{HR}He that giveth to the rich, surely [cometh] only to want. (Prov. 22:16)

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Eccl. 5:8• ⁸If thou seest the oppression of the poor,{HR}And the violent taking away of judgment{HR}And justice in a province,{HR}Marvel not at the matter:{HR}For one higher than the high regardeth;{HR}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 the princes thereof, [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, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. (Amos 4:1)

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Amos 5:11• ¹¹Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink 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 staves the head of his villages: (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 condemned, ye slew the just one; he doth 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• ¹Now as they were speaking unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them
²being distressed because of their teaching the people, and announcing in Jesus the resurrection from [the] dead;
³and they laid hands on them and put them in ward unto the morrow, for it was already evening.
²⁶The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Anointed.
²⁷For of a truth in this city against thy holy servant Jesus whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with Gentiles and peoples of Israel were gathered,
²⁸to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel foreordained to 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 those that were with him, which is [the] sect of the Sadducees, were filled with wrath,
¹⁸and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in public ward.
²⁶Then the captain went away with the officers, and brought them, not with violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.
²⁷And having brought they 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 rank that worshipped, and the chiefs of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and sent them out of their borders. (Acts 13:50)

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Acts 16:19‑20• ¹⁹And when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on, and dragged Paul and Silas into the market-place before the rulers;
²⁰and when they had brought them unto the praetors, they said, These men being Jews, exceedingly trouble our city, (Acts 16:19‑20)

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Acts 17:6• ⁶And not having found them they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the city-rulers, crying out, these that have turned the world upside down are come hither also, (Acts 17:6)

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Acts 18:12• ¹²But when Gallio was pro-consul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul, and brought him before 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?