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James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?

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ASV

But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

KJV

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

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ὑμεῖςhumeisYou yourselvesG4771 →
δὲdehoweverG1161 →
ἠτιμάσατεētimasatedishonoredG818 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
πτωχόν.ptōchonpoor.G4434 →
οὐχouchSurelyG3756 →
οἱhoitheG3588 →
πλούσιοιplousioirichG4145 →
καταδυναστεύουσινkatadunasteuousinare oppressingG2616 →
ὑμῶνhumōnyouG4771 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
αὐτοὶautoithey themselvesG846 →
ἕλκουσινhelkousindraggingG1670 →
ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771 →
εἰςeisintoG1519 →
κριτήρια;kritēriacourt?G2922 →

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Proverbs 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.Proverbs 14:31Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.1 Corinthians 11:22Don’t you have your own homes in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? No, I will not!Psalms 103:6The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.John 12:6Judas did not say this because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money bag, he used to take from what was put into it.Psalms 14:6You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.Proverbs 22:7The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.1 Thessalonians 4:6and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.James 5:1Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.Luke 6:24But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.Proverbs 18:23The poor man pleads for mercy, but the rich man answers harshly.Proverbs 19:7All the brothers of a poor man hate him—how much more do his friends avoid him! He may pursue them with pleading, but they are nowhere to be found.Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.Ecclesiastes 9:15–16Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.Acts 13:50The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.Proverbs 22:16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.Psalms 10:14But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.

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