James 2:6
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6 But (A)you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you (B)and drag you into the courts?
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1 Corinthians 11:22
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22 What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise (A)the church of God and (B)shame [a]those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.
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- 1 Corinthians 11:22 The poor
Proverbs 17:5
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5 (A)He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker;
(B)He who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
Proverbs 14:31
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31 (A)He who oppresses the poor reproaches (B)his Maker,
But he who honors Him has mercy on the needy.
Psalm 14:6
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6 You shame the counsel of the poor,
But the Lord is his (A)refuge.
James 5:4
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4 Indeed (A)the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, cry out; and (B)the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of [a]Sabaoth.
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- James 5:4 Lit., in Heb., Hosts
James 2:3
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3 and you [a]pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, “You sit here in a good place,” and say to the poor man, “You stand there,” or, “Sit here at my footstool,”
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- James 2:3 Lit. look upon
Acts 17:6
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6 But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, (A)“These who have turned the world upside down have come here too.
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Acts 13:50
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50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, (A)raised up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.
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Acts 8:3
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3 As for Saul, (A)he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.
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Zechariah 7:10
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10 (A)Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless,
The alien or the poor.
(B)Let none of you plan evil in his heart
Against his brother.’
Micah 6:11-12
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11 Shall I count pure those with (A)the wicked scales,
And with the bag of deceitful weights?
12 For her rich men are full of (B)violence,
Her inhabitants have spoken lies,
And (C)their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Amos 8:4-6
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4 Hear this, you who [a]swallow up the needy,
And make the poor of the land fail,
5 Saying:
“When will the New Moon be past,
That we may sell grain?
And (A)the Sabbath,
That we may [b]trade wheat?
(B)Making the ephah small and the shekel large,
Falsifying the scales by (C)deceit,
6 That we may buy the poor for (D)silver,
And the needy for a pair of sandals—
Even sell the bad wheat?”
Amos 4:1
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Amos 2:6-7
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Judgment on Israel
6 Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of (A)Israel, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because (B)they sell the righteous for silver,
And the (C)poor for a pair of sandals.
7 They [a]pant after the dust of the earth which is on the head of the poor,
And (D)pervert the way of the humble.
(E)A man and his father go in to the same girl,
(F)To defile My holy name.
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- Amos 2:7 Or trample on
Isaiah 3:14-15
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14 The Lord will enter into judgment
With the elders of His people
And His princes:
“For you have [a]eaten up (A)the vineyard;
The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
15 What do you mean by (B)crushing My people
And grinding the faces of the poor?”
Says the Lord God of hosts.
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- Isaiah 3:14 burned
Ecclesiastes 9:15-16
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15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no one remembered that same poor man.
16 Then I said:
“Wisdom is better than (A)strength.
Nevertheless (B)the poor man’s wisdom is despised,
And his words are not heard.
Ecclesiastes 5:8
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The Vanity of Gain and Honor
8 If you (A)see the oppression of the poor, and the violent [a]perversion of justice and righteousness in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for (B)high official watches over high official, and higher officials are over them.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:8 wresting
Proverbs 22:16
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16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
And he who gives to the rich, will surely come to poverty.
Psalm 12:5
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5 “For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the Lord;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”
Psalm 10:14
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14 But You have (A)seen, for You observe trouble and grief,
To repay it by Your hand.
The helpless (B)commits[a] himself to You;
(C)You are the helper of the fatherless.
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- Psalm 10:14 Lit. leaves, entrusts
James 5:6
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6 You have condemned, you have murdered the just; he does not resist you.
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Acts 18:12
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12 When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him to the [a]judgment seat,
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- Acts 18:12 Gr. bema
Acts 16:19-20
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19 But (A)when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and (B)dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.
20 And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, “These men, being Jews, (C)exceedingly trouble our city;
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