Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Contempt » Saints sometimes guilty of
But ye have despised the poor. Are not the rich they which oppress you: and they which draw you before judges?
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the Needy » Despised
Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength." Nevertheless, a simple man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
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But ye have despised the poor. Are not the rich they which oppress you: and they which draw you before judges?
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The poor is hated even of his own neighbours; but the rich hath many friends.
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As for the poor, he is hated among all his brethren; yea, his own friends forsake him, and he that giveth credence unto words, getteth nothing.
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Oppression » Examples of
The people in the land useth wicked extortion and robbery. They vex the poor and needy and oppress the stranger against right.
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and made their lives bitter unto them with cruel labour in clay and brick, and all manner work in the fields, and in all manner of service, which they caused them to work cruelly.
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Behold, the hire of the laborers which have reaped down your fields - which hire is of you kept back by fraud - crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped, are entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
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And there cried a certain woman of the wives of the children of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, "Thy servant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD. And the creditor is come to fetch my two sons, to be his bondmen."
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So I turned me, and considered all the violent wrong that is done under the Sun, and beheld the tears of such as were oppressed; and there was no man to comfort them or that would deliver and defend them from the violence of their oppressors.
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But ye have despised the poor. Are not the rich they which oppress you: and they which draw you before judges?
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And the number of bricks which they were wont to make in time past, lay unto their charge also, and minish nothing thereof. For they be idle and therefore cry, saying, 'Let us go and do sacrifice unto our God.'
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And there arose a great complaint of the people, and of their wives, against their brethren the Jews.
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As for the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts, it is the house of Israel, and whole Judah his fair planting. Of these he looked for equity, but see there is wrong; for righteousness, lo, it is but misery.
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The poor » Despised
Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength." Nevertheless, a simple man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
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But ye have despised the poor. Are not the rich they which oppress you: and they which draw you before judges?
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The poor is hated even of his own neighbours; but the rich hath many friends.
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As for the poor, he is hated among all his brethren; yea, his own friends forsake him, and he that giveth credence unto words, getteth nothing.
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Respect of persons » Partiality
To have respect of persons in judgment is not good: And why? He will do wrong; yea, even for a piece of bread.
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These are also the sayings of the wise. It is not good to have respect of any person in judgment.
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Brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ the Lord of glory in respect of persons. If there come into your company a man with a golden ring, and in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment, and ye have a respect to him that weareth the gay clothing and say unto him, "Sit thou here in a good place," and say unto the poor, "stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool" - read more.
are ye not even partial in your selves, and have judged after evil thoughts? Hearken, my dear beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world, which are rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to them that love him? But ye have despised the poor. Are not the rich they which oppress you: and they which draw you before judges? Do not they speak evil of that good name after which ye be named? If ye fulfil the royal law - according to the scripture which saith, "Thou shalt love thine neighbour as thyself" - ye do well. But if ye regard one person more than another, ye commit sin, and are rebuked of the law as transgressors.
are ye not even partial in your selves, and have judged after evil thoughts? Hearken, my dear beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world, which are rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to them that love him? But ye have despised the poor. Are not the rich they which oppress you: and they which draw you before judges? Do not they speak evil of that good name after which ye be named? If ye fulfil the royal law - according to the scripture which saith, "Thou shalt love thine neighbour as thyself" - ye do well. But if ye regard one person more than another, ye commit sin, and are rebuked of the law as transgressors.
Riches » Often lead to » Oppression
But ye have despised the poor. Are not the rich they which oppress you: and they which draw you before judges?
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