Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Contempt » Saints sometimes guilty of
Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?
the Needy » Despised
And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?
but there are many who love the rich.
how much more do his friends
keep their distance from him!
He may pursue them with words,
but they are not there.
Oppression » Examples of
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the foreign resident.
and made their lives bitter with difficult labor in brick and mortar and in all kinds of fieldwork. They ruthlessly imposed all this work on them.
Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who reaped your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
One of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, has died. You know that your servant feared the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves.”
Again, I observed all the acts of oppression being done under the sun. Look at the tears of those who are oppressed; they have no one to comfort them. Power is with those who oppress them; they have no one to comfort them.
Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?
But require the same quota of bricks from them as they were making before; do not reduce it. For they are slackers—that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
There was a widespread outcry from the people and their wives against their Jewish countrymen.
is the house of Israel,
and the men
the plant He delighted in.
He looked for justice
but saw injustice,
for righteousness,
but heard cries of wretchedness.
The poor » Despised
And I said, “Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded.”
Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?
but there are many who love the rich.
how much more do his friends
keep their distance from him!
He may pursue them with words,
but they are not there.
Respect of persons » Partiality
yet a man may sin for a piece of bread.
My brothers, hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ without showing favoritism. For suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring, dressed in fine clothes, and a poor man dressed in dirty clothes also comes in. If you look with favor on the man wearing the fine clothes so that you say, "Sit here in a good place," and yet you say to the poor man, "Stand over there," or, "Sit here on the floor by my footstool," read more.
haven't you discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my dear brothers: Didn't God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him? Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don't the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts? Don't they blaspheme the noble name that you bear? If you really carry out the royal law prescribed in Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself , you are doing well. But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
haven't you discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my dear brothers: Didn't God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him? Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don't the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts? Don't they blaspheme the noble name that you bear? If you really carry out the royal law prescribed in Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself , you are doing well. But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
Riches » Often lead to » Oppression
Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?