James 2:6

Partiality Forbidden

⁵ Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him? ⁶ But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts? ⁷ Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to?

Dishonored the Poor Man

Despised The Poor

1 Corinthians 11:22

Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this!

Psalm 14:6

You want to humiliate the oppressed, even though the Lord is their shelter.

Acts 8:3

But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.

Acts 17:6

When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming, "These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too,

Acts 18:12

Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat,

James 5:6

You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.

1 Kings 21:11-13

The men of the city, the leaders and the nobles who lived there, followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them.

Job 20:19

For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build.

Psalm 10:2

The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

Psalm 10:8

He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.

Psalm 10:10

His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets.

Psalm 10:14

You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

Psalm 12:5

"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the Lord. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."

Proverbs 14:31

The one who oppresses the poor insults his Creator, but whoever shows favor to the needy honors him.

Proverbs 17:5

The one who mocks the poor insults his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 22:16

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!

Ecclesiastes 9:15-16

However, a poor but wise man lived in the city, and he could have delivered the city by his wisdom, but no one listened to that poor man.

Isaiah 3:14-15

The Lord comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says, "It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor.

Isaiah 53:3

He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.

Amos 2:6-7

This is what the Lord says: "Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions -- make that four! -- I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold the innocent for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals.

Amos 4:1

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands, "Bring us more to drink!"

Amos 5:11

Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

Amos 8:4-6

Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.

Micah 6:11-12

I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.

Habakkuk 3:14

You pierce the heads of his warriors with a spear. They storm forward to scatter us; they shout with joy as if they were plundering the poor with no opposition.

Zechariah 7:10

You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow human being.'

Acts 4:1-3

While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

Acts 4:26-28

The kings of the earth stood together, and the rulers assembled together, against the Lord and against his Christ.'

Acts 5:17-18

Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

Acts 5:26-27

Then the commander of the temple guard went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force (for they were afraid of being stoned by the people).

Acts 13:50

But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.

Acts 16:19-20

But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.

James 2:3

do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say, "You sit here in a good place," and to the poor person, "You stand over there," or "Sit on the floor"?

James 5:4

Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

John 8:49

Jesus answered, "I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father -- and yet you dishonor me.