"But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?" — James 2:6

James 2:6 · KJV

“But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?”

— James 2:6

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? {of the: or, of that}

Verse 7

Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? {blaspheme: or, revile, or, slander}

James 2 — Context

Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? {of the: or, of that}

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? {blaspheme: or, revile, or, slander}

If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

Cross References

Proverbs 17:5

Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: {and} he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. {unpunished: Heb. held innocent}

Proverbs 14:31

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

1 Corinthians 11:22

What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise {you} not. {have not: or, are poor?}

Psalms 14:6

Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD {is} his refuge.

Micah 6:11-12

Shall I count {them} pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? {count...: or, be pure with, etc}

James 5:4

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which 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 sabaoth. {sabaoth: Heb. hosts}

Ecclesiastes 9:15-16

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Acts 16:19-20

And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew {them} into the marketplace unto the rulers, {marketplace: or, court}