Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Contempt » Saints sometimes guilty of
But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
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the Needy » Despised
So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, but a poor man's wisdom is despised; no one ever listens to his advice.
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But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
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A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.
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All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him -- he pursues them with words, but they do not respond.
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Oppression » Examples of
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the foreigner who lives among them and denied them justice.
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They made their lives bitter by hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous.
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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.
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Now a wife of one of the prophets appealed to Elisha for help, saying, "Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants."
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So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.
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But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
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But you must require of them the same quota of bricks that they were making before. Do not reduce it, for they are slackers. That is why they are crying, 'Let us go sacrifice to our God.'
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Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.
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Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got -- disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got -- cries for help!
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The poor » Despised
So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, but a poor man's wisdom is despised; no one ever listens to his advice.
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But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
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A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.
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All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him -- he pursues them with words, but they do not respond.
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Respect of persons » Partiality
To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread.
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These sayings also are from the wise: To show partiality in judgment is terrible:
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My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes, 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"? read more.
If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives? 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? But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts? Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to? But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well. But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators.
If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives? 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? But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts? Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to? But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well. But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators.
Riches » Often lead to » Oppression
But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
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