Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Contempt » Saints sometimes guilty of
But you dishonored the poor one. Do not rich men oppress you and draw you before the judgment seats?
the Needy » Despised
And I said, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
But you dishonored the poor one. Do not rich men oppress you and draw you before the judgment seats?
The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich has many friends.
All the brothers of the poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him? He pursues them with words, yet they are lacking.
Oppression » Examples of
The people of the land have used oppression and practiced robbery, and they have troubled the poor and needy. Yea, they have oppressed the stranger without right.
And they made their lives bitter with hard work in mortar and in bricks, and in all kinds of work in the field; all their work in which they made them do was with harshness.
Behold, the hire of the laborers reaping your fields cry out, being kept back by you. And the cries of those who have reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of hosts.
And a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead. And you know that your servant feared Jehovah. And the lender has come to take my two children to himself for slaves.
So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold the tears of the oppressed ones, and they had no comforter! And on the side of those who oppressed them there was power, but they had no comforter.
But you dishonored the poor one. Do not rich men oppress you and draw you before the judgment seats?
And you shall lay upon them the number of bricks which they have made before now. You shall not take away from it. For they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go sacrifice to our God.
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
For the vineyard of Jehovah of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah His pleasant plant; and He looked for justice, but behold bloody iniquity; for righteousness, but behold a cry!
The poor » Despised
And I said, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
But you dishonored the poor one. Do not rich men oppress you and draw you before the judgment seats?
The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich has many friends.
All the brothers of the poor man hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him? He pursues them with words, yet they are lacking.
Respect of persons » Partiality
To have respect of persons is not good; yea, for a piece of bread a man will transgress.
These also are for the wise: To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.
My brothers, do not have the faith of our Lord Christ, the Lord of glory, with respecter of faces. For if there comes a gold-fingered man in fancy clothing into your assembly, and if there also comes in a poor man in shabby clothing, and if you have respect to him who has the fancy clothing and say to him, You sit here in a good place, and say to the poor, You stand there, or sit here under my footstool; read more.
Did you not make a difference among yourselves and became judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him? But you dishonored the poor one. Do not rich men oppress you and draw you before the judgment seats? Do they not blaspheme that worthy Name by which you are called? If you fulfill the royal Law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well. But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin and are convicted by the Law as transgressors.
Did you not make a difference among yourselves and became judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him? But you dishonored the poor one. Do not rich men oppress you and draw you before the judgment seats? Do they not blaspheme that worthy Name by which you are called? If you fulfill the royal Law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well. But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin and are convicted by the Law as transgressors.
Riches » Often lead to » Oppression
But you dishonored the poor one. Do not rich men oppress you and draw you before the judgment seats?