Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Contempt » Saints sometimes guilty of
But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?
the Needy » Despised
Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.
But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?
The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.
All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...
Oppression » Examples of
The people of the land have been acting cruelly, taking men's goods by force; they have been hard on the poor and those in need, and have done wrong to the man from a strange land.
And made their lives bitter with hard work, making building-material and bricks, and doing all sorts of work in the fields under the hardest conditions.
See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.
Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.
And again I saw all the cruel things which are done under the sun; there was the weeping of those who have evil done to them, and they had no comforter: and from the hands of the evil-doers there went out power, but they had no comforter.
But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?
But see that they make the same number of bricks as before, and no less: for they have no love for work; and so they are crying out and saying, Let us go and make an offering to our God.
Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their countrymen the Jews.
For the vine-garden of the Lord of armies is the people of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of his delight: and he was looking for upright judging, and there was blood; for righteousness, and there was a cry for help.
The poor » Despised
Then I said, Wisdom is better than strength, but the poor man's wisdom is not respected, and his words are not given a hearing.
But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?
The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends.
All the brothers of the poor man are against him: how much more do his friends go far from him! ...
Respect of persons » Partiality
It is not good to have respect for a man's position: for a man will do wrong for a bit of bread.
These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
My brothers, if you have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, do not take a man's position into account. For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing, And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet; read more.
Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts? Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him? But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges? Do they not say evil of the holy name which was given to you? But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well: But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.
Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts? Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him? But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges? Do they not say evil of the holy name which was given to you? But if you keep the greatest law of all, as it is given in the holy Writings, Have love for your neighbour as for yourself, you do well: But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.
Riches » Often lead to » Oppression
But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?