James 2:6 But you [in contrast] have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress and exploit you, and personally drag you into the courts of law?

2:6 AMP

逐节对照

Amplified Bible - But you [in contrast] have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress and exploit you, and personally drag you into the courts of law?
新标点和合本 - 你们反倒羞辱贫穷人。那富足人岂不是欺压你们、拉你们到公堂去吗？
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们却羞辱贫穷的人。欺压你们，拉你们到公堂去的，不就是这些富有的人吗？
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们却羞辱贫穷的人。欺压你们，拉你们到公堂去的，不就是这些富有的人吗？
当代译本 - 你们反倒侮辱穷人。难道欺压你们、抓你们上法庭的不是那些有钱人吗？
圣经新译本 - 然而你们却侮辱穷人。其实，那些欺压你们，拉你们上法庭的，不就是富足的人吗？
中文标准译本 - 但你们却侮辱了这贫穷人！那欺压你们、把你们拉上法庭的，难道不是那些富有的人吗？
现代标点和合本 - 你们反倒羞辱贫穷人！那富足人岂不是欺压你们，拉你们到公堂去吗？
和合本（拼音版） - 你们反倒羞辱贫穷人。那富足人岂不是欺压你们，拉你们到公堂去吗？
New International Version - But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?
New International Reader's Version - But you have disrespected poor people. Aren’t rich people taking advantage of you? Aren’t they dragging you into court?
English Standard Version - But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?
New Living Translation - But you dishonor the poor! Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
Christian Standard Bible - Yet you have dishonored the poor. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into court?
New American Standard Bible - But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court?
New King James Version - But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?
American Standard Version - But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?
King James Version - But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
New English Translation - But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
World English Bible - But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?
新標點和合本 - 你們反倒羞辱貧窮人。那富足人豈不是欺壓你們、拉你們到公堂去嗎？
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們卻羞辱貧窮的人。欺壓你們，拉你們到公堂去的，不就是這些富有的人嗎？
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們卻羞辱貧窮的人。欺壓你們，拉你們到公堂去的，不就是這些富有的人嗎？
當代譯本 - 你們反倒侮辱窮人。難道欺壓你們、抓你們上法庭的不是那些有錢人嗎？
聖經新譯本 - 然而你們卻侮辱窮人。其實，那些欺壓你們，拉你們上法庭的，不就是富足的人嗎？
呂振中譯本 - 你們呢、反倒侮辱窮人。豈不是富足人壓制你們，拖你們上法庭麼？
中文標準譯本 - 但你們卻侮辱了這貧窮人！那欺壓你們、把你們拉上法庭的，難道不是那些富有的人嗎？
現代標點和合本 - 你們反倒羞辱貧窮人！那富足人豈不是欺壓你們，拉你們到公堂去嗎？
文理和合譯本 - 爾乃辱夫貧者、彼富者非挾制爾、曳爾至公庭乎、
文理委辦譯本 - 何以爾反辱貧者乎、富者非挾制爾、拘曳爾、以至公庭乎、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾竟辱貧人、富者非欺壓爾、曳爾至公庭乎、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 而爾等竟敢輕慢貧人！夫富人非即以勢凌爾、扭爾以至公庭者乎？
Nueva Versión Internacional - ¡Pero ustedes han menospreciado al pobre! ¿No son los ricos quienes los explotan a ustedes y los arrastran ante los tribunales?
현대인의 성경 - 그런데도 여러분은 가난한 사람들을 업신여기고 있습니다. 여러분을 괴롭히며 법정으로 끌어가는 사람들은 부자들이 아닙니까?
Новый Русский Перевод - А вы презираете бедного. Разве не богатые угнетают вас и таскают вас по судам?
Восточный перевод - А вы презираете бедного. Разве не богатые угнетают вас и таскают вас по судам?
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - А вы презираете бедного. Разве не богатые угнетают вас и таскают вас по судам?
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - А вы презираете бедного. Разве не богатые угнетают вас и таскают вас по судам?
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Et vous, vous méprisez le pauvre ? Ce sont pourtant les riches qui vous oppriment et qui vous traînent en justice devant les tribunaux !
リビングバイブル - それなのに、あなたがたは貧しい人を軽蔑したのです。あなたがたをひどい目に会わせ、裁判所に訴えるのは、裕福な人たちではありませんか。
Nestle Aland 28 - ὑμεῖς δὲ ἠτιμάσατε τὸν πτωχόν. οὐχ οἱ πλούσιοι καταδυναστεύουσιν ὑμῶν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἕλκουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς κριτήρια;
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὑμεῖς δὲ ἠτιμάσατε τὸν πτωχόν. οὐχ οἱ πλούσιοι καταδυναστεύουσιν ὑμῶν, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἕλκουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς κριτήρια?
Nova Versão Internacional - Mas vocês têm desprezado o pobre. Não são os ricos que oprimem vocês? Não são eles os que os arrastam para os tribunais?
Hoffnung für alle - Ihr dagegen behandelt die Armen geringschätzig. Habt ihr denn noch nicht gemerkt, dass es gerade die Reichen sind, die euch unterdrücken und vor die Gerichte schleppen?
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vậy sao anh chị em lại khinh miệt người nghèo? Anh chị em không biết những người giàu hay áp bức, kiện cáo anh chị em.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่นี่ท่านกลับดูถูกคนจน คนรวยไม่ใช่หรือที่ขูดรีดจากท่าน? ไม่ใช่พวกเขาหรอกหรือที่ลากตัวท่านขึ้นโรงขึ้นศาล?
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่ท่านได้หลู่เกียรติคนจน ไม่ใช่คนมั่งมีหรอกหรือ ที่กดหัวท่าน และลากตัวท่านไปขึ้นศาล

交叉引用

John 8:49 - Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon. On the contrary, I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.
Job 20:19 - For he has oppressed and neglected the poor; He has violently taken away houses which he did not build.
Psalms 12:5 - “Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
Amos 2:6 - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Israel and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because they sell the righteous and innocent for silver And the needy for the price of a pair of sandals.
Amos 2:7 - These who pant after (long to see) the dust of the earth on the head of the helpless [as sign of their grief and distress] Also turn aside the way of the humble; And a man and his father will go to the same girl So that My holy name is profaned.
Psalms 10:2 - In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
Proverbs 22:16 - He who oppresses or exploits the poor to get more for himself Or who gives to the rich [to gain influence and favor], will only come to poverty.
1 Kings 21:11 - So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived there, did as Jezebel had sent word to them, just as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.
1 Kings 21:12 - They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people.
1 Kings 21:13 - Two worthless and unprincipled men came in and sat down opposite him; and they testified against Naboth before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed and renounced God and the king.” Then they brought him outside the city and stoned him to death.
Acts 5:17 - But the high priest stood up, along with all his associates (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy and resentment.
Acts 5:18 - They arrested the apostles and put them in a public jail.
Habakkuk 3:14 - With the enemy’s own spears, You pierced The head of his hordes. They stormed out to scatter us, Rejoicing like those Who secretly devour the oppressed [of Israel].
Amos 5:11 - Therefore, because you impose heavy rent on the poor And demand a tribute (food-tax) of grain from them, Though you have built [luxurious] houses of square stone, You will not live in them; You have planted beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink their wine.
Micah 6:11 - Can I [be guiltless and] justify deceptive scales And a bag of dishonest weights?
Micah 6:12 - For the rich men of the city are full of violence [of every kind]; Her inhabitants speak lies And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Amos 4:1 - Hear this word, you [well-fed, pampered] cows (women) of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, Who say to their husbands, “Bring [the wine] now, and let us drink!”
Acts 4:26 - The kings of the earth took their stand [to attack], And the rulers were assembled together Against the Lord and against His Anointed (the Christ, the Messiah).’
Acts 4:27 - For in this city there were gathered together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
Acts 4:28 - to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined [before the creation of the world] to occur [and so without knowing it, they served Your own purpose].
Zechariah 7:10 - and do not oppress or exploit the widow or the fatherless, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise or even imagine evil in your hearts against one another.’
Psalms 10:8 - He lurks in ambush in the villages; In hiding places he kills the innocent; He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].
James 5:4 - Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Psalms 10:10 - He crushes [his prey] and crouches; And the unfortunate fall by his mighty claws.
Isaiah 3:14 - The Lord enters into judgment with the elders of His people and their princes, “For it is you who have devoured the vineyard [with your oppression, you have robbed the people and ruined the country]; The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
Isaiah 3:15 - What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor?” Declares the Lord God of hosts.
Psalms 10:14 - You have seen it, for You have noted mischief and vexation (irritation) to take it into Your hand. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
Amos 8:4 - Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land,
Amos 8:5 - saying, “When will the New Moon [festival] be over So that we may sell grain, And the Sabbath ended so that we may open the wheat market, Making the ephah [measure] smaller and the shekel bigger [that is, selling less for a higher price] And to cheat by falsifying the scales,
Amos 8:6 - So that we may buy the poor [as slaves] for silver [since they are unable to support themselves] And the needy for a pair of sandals, And that we may sell the leftovers of the wheat [as if it were a good grade of grain]?”
Isaiah 53:3 - He was despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and pain and acquainted with grief; And like One from whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or esteem Him.
Acts 16:19 - But when her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the market place [where trials were held],
Acts 16:20 - and when they had brought them before the chief magistrates, they said, “These men, who are Jews, are throwing our city into confusion and causing trouble.
Ecclesiastes 5:8 - If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight [of corruption]; for a higher official watches over another official, and there are higher ones over them [looking out for one another].
Ecclesiastes 9:15 - But there was found in it a poor wise man, and by his wisdom he rescued the city. Yet no man [seriously] remembered that poor man.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 - But I say that wisdom is better than strength, though the poor man’s wisdom is despised and his words are not heeded.
Acts 4:1 - And while Peter and John were talking to the people, the priests and the captain [who was in charge of the temple area and] of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
Acts 4:2 - being extremely disturbed and thoroughly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in [the case of] Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
Acts 4:3 - So they arrested them and put them in jail until the next day, because it was evening.
James 2:3 - and you pay special attention to the one who wears the fine clothes, and say to him, “You sit here in this good seat,” and you tell the poor man, “You stand over there, or sit down [on the floor] by my footstool,”
Acts 5:26 - Then the captain went with the officers and brought them back, without hurting them (because they were afraid of the people, worried that they might be stoned).
Acts 5:27 - So they brought them and presented them before the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court). The high priest questioned them,
Acts 18:12 - But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia (southern Greece), the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
Proverbs 14:31 - He who oppresses the poor taunts and insults his Maker, But he who is kind and merciful and gracious to the needy honors Him.
Acts 8:3 - But Saul began ravaging the church [and assaulting believers]; entering house after house and dragging off men and women, putting them in prison.
Proverbs 17:5 - Whoever mocks the poor taunts his Maker, And he who rejoices at [another’s] disaster will not go unpunished.
James 5:6 - You have condemned and have put to death the righteous man; he offers you no resistance.
Acts 13:50 - But the Jews incited the devout, prominent women and the leading men of the city, and instigated persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them forcibly out of their district.
Acts 17:6 - But when they failed to find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too;
Psalms 14:6 - You [evildoers] shamefully plan against the poor, But the Lord is his safe refuge.
1 Corinthians 11:22 - What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you show contempt for the church of God and humiliate those [impoverished believers] who have nothing? What will I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? In this I will not praise you!

逐节对照

交叉引用

Amplified Bible - But you [in contrast] have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress and exploit you, and personally drag you into the courts of law?
新标点和合本 - 你们反倒羞辱贫穷人。那富足人岂不是欺压你们、拉你们到公堂去吗？
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 你们却羞辱贫穷的人。欺压你们，拉你们到公堂去的，不就是这些富有的人吗？
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 你们却羞辱贫穷的人。欺压你们，拉你们到公堂去的，不就是这些富有的人吗？
当代译本 - 你们反倒侮辱穷人。难道欺压你们、抓你们上法庭的不是那些有钱人吗？
圣经新译本 - 然而你们却侮辱穷人。其实，那些欺压你们，拉你们上法庭的，不就是富足的人吗？
中文标准译本 - 但你们却侮辱了这贫穷人！那欺压你们、把你们拉上法庭的，难道不是那些富有的人吗？
现代标点和合本 - 你们反倒羞辱贫穷人！那富足人岂不是欺压你们，拉你们到公堂去吗？
和合本（拼音版） - 你们反倒羞辱贫穷人。那富足人岂不是欺压你们，拉你们到公堂去吗？
New International Version - But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?
New International Reader's Version - But you have disrespected poor people. Aren’t rich people taking advantage of you? Aren’t they dragging you into court?
English Standard Version - But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?
New Living Translation - But you dishonor the poor! Isn’t it the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
Christian Standard Bible - Yet you have dishonored the poor. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into court?
New American Standard Bible - But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court?
New King James Version - But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?
American Standard Version - But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?
King James Version - But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
New English Translation - But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?
World English Bible - But you have dishonored the poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?
新標點和合本 - 你們反倒羞辱貧窮人。那富足人豈不是欺壓你們、拉你們到公堂去嗎？
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 你們卻羞辱貧窮的人。欺壓你們，拉你們到公堂去的，不就是這些富有的人嗎？
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 你們卻羞辱貧窮的人。欺壓你們，拉你們到公堂去的，不就是這些富有的人嗎？
當代譯本 - 你們反倒侮辱窮人。難道欺壓你們、抓你們上法庭的不是那些有錢人嗎？
聖經新譯本 - 然而你們卻侮辱窮人。其實，那些欺壓你們，拉你們上法庭的，不就是富足的人嗎？
呂振中譯本 - 你們呢、反倒侮辱窮人。豈不是富足人壓制你們，拖你們上法庭麼？
中文標準譯本 - 但你們卻侮辱了這貧窮人！那欺壓你們、把你們拉上法庭的，難道不是那些富有的人嗎？
現代標點和合本 - 你們反倒羞辱貧窮人！那富足人豈不是欺壓你們，拉你們到公堂去嗎？
文理和合譯本 - 爾乃辱夫貧者、彼富者非挾制爾、曳爾至公庭乎、
文理委辦譯本 - 何以爾反辱貧者乎、富者非挾制爾、拘曳爾、以至公庭乎、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾竟辱貧人、富者非欺壓爾、曳爾至公庭乎、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 而爾等竟敢輕慢貧人！夫富人非即以勢凌爾、扭爾以至公庭者乎？
Nueva Versión Internacional - ¡Pero ustedes han menospreciado al pobre! ¿No son los ricos quienes los explotan a ustedes y los arrastran ante los tribunales?
현대인의 성경 - 그런데도 여러분은 가난한 사람들을 업신여기고 있습니다. 여러분을 괴롭히며 법정으로 끌어가는 사람들은 부자들이 아닙니까?
Новый Русский Перевод - А вы презираете бедного. Разве не богатые угнетают вас и таскают вас по судам?
Восточный перевод - А вы презираете бедного. Разве не богатые угнетают вас и таскают вас по судам?
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - А вы презираете бедного. Разве не богатые угнетают вас и таскают вас по судам?
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - А вы презираете бедного. Разве не богатые угнетают вас и таскают вас по судам?
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Et vous, vous méprisez le pauvre ? Ce sont pourtant les riches qui vous oppriment et qui vous traînent en justice devant les tribunaux !
リビングバイブル - それなのに、あなたがたは貧しい人を軽蔑したのです。あなたがたをひどい目に会わせ、裁判所に訴えるのは、裕福な人たちではありませんか。
Nestle Aland 28 - ὑμεῖς δὲ ἠτιμάσατε τὸν πτωχόν. οὐχ οἱ πλούσιοι καταδυναστεύουσιν ὑμῶν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἕλκουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς κριτήρια;
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - ὑμεῖς δὲ ἠτιμάσατε τὸν πτωχόν. οὐχ οἱ πλούσιοι καταδυναστεύουσιν ὑμῶν, καὶ αὐτοὶ ἕλκουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς κριτήρια?
Nova Versão Internacional - Mas vocês têm desprezado o pobre. Não são os ricos que oprimem vocês? Não são eles os que os arrastam para os tribunais?
Hoffnung für alle - Ihr dagegen behandelt die Armen geringschätzig. Habt ihr denn noch nicht gemerkt, dass es gerade die Reichen sind, die euch unterdrücken und vor die Gerichte schleppen?
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vậy sao anh chị em lại khinh miệt người nghèo? Anh chị em không biết những người giàu hay áp bức, kiện cáo anh chị em.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - แต่นี่ท่านกลับดูถูกคนจน คนรวยไม่ใช่หรือที่ขูดรีดจากท่าน? ไม่ใช่พวกเขาหรอกหรือที่ลากตัวท่านขึ้นโรงขึ้นศาล?
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - แต่ท่านได้หลู่เกียรติคนจน ไม่ใช่คนมั่งมีหรอกหรือ ที่กดหัวท่าน และลากตัวท่านไปขึ้นศาล

John 8:49 - Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon. On the contrary, I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.
Job 20:19 - For he has oppressed and neglected the poor; He has violently taken away houses which he did not build.
Psalms 12:5 - “Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”
Amos 2:6 - Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Israel and for four (multiplied delinquencies) I will not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it, Because they sell the righteous and innocent for silver And the needy for the price of a pair of sandals.
Amos 2:7 - These who pant after (long to see) the dust of the earth on the head of the helpless [as sign of their grief and distress] Also turn aside the way of the humble; And a man and his father will go to the same girl So that My holy name is profaned.
Psalms 10:2 - In pride and arrogance the wicked hotly pursue and persecute the afflicted; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.
Proverbs 22:16 - He who oppresses or exploits the poor to get more for himself Or who gives to the rich [to gain influence and favor], will only come to poverty.
1 Kings 21:11 - So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived there, did as Jezebel had sent word to them, just as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them.
1 Kings 21:12 - They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people.
1 Kings 21:13 - Two worthless and unprincipled men came in and sat down opposite him; and they testified against Naboth before the people, saying, “Naboth cursed and renounced God and the king.” Then they brought him outside the city and stoned him to death.
Acts 5:17 - But the high priest stood up, along with all his associates (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy and resentment.
Acts 5:18 - They arrested the apostles and put them in a public jail.
Habakkuk 3:14 - With the enemy’s own spears, You pierced The head of his hordes. They stormed out to scatter us, Rejoicing like those Who secretly devour the oppressed [of Israel].
Amos 5:11 - Therefore, because you impose heavy rent on the poor And demand a tribute (food-tax) of grain from them, Though you have built [luxurious] houses of square stone, You will not live in them; You have planted beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink their wine.
Micah 6:11 - Can I [be guiltless and] justify deceptive scales And a bag of dishonest weights?
Micah 6:12 - For the rich men of the city are full of violence [of every kind]; Her inhabitants speak lies And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Amos 4:1 - Hear this word, you [well-fed, pampered] cows (women) of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, Who say to their husbands, “Bring [the wine] now, and let us drink!”
Acts 4:26 - The kings of the earth took their stand [to attack], And the rulers were assembled together Against the Lord and against His Anointed (the Christ, the Messiah).’
Acts 4:27 - For in this city there were gathered together against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
Acts 4:28 - to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined [before the creation of the world] to occur [and so without knowing it, they served Your own purpose].
Zechariah 7:10 - and do not oppress or exploit the widow or the fatherless, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise or even imagine evil in your hearts against one another.’
Psalms 10:8 - He lurks in ambush in the villages; In hiding places he kills the innocent; He lies in wait for the unfortunate [the unhappy, the poor, the helpless].
James 5:4 - Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Psalms 10:10 - He crushes [his prey] and crouches; And the unfortunate fall by his mighty claws.
Isaiah 3:14 - The Lord enters into judgment with the elders of His people and their princes, “For it is you who have devoured the vineyard [with your oppression, you have robbed the people and ruined the country]; The plunder of the poor is in your houses.
Isaiah 3:15 - What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor?” Declares the Lord God of hosts.
Psalms 10:14 - You have seen it, for You have noted mischief and vexation (irritation) to take it into Your hand. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
Amos 8:4 - Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land,
Amos 8:5 - saying, “When will the New Moon [festival] be over So that we may sell grain, And the Sabbath ended so that we may open the wheat market, Making the ephah [measure] smaller and the shekel bigger [that is, selling less for a higher price] And to cheat by falsifying the scales,
Amos 8:6 - So that we may buy the poor [as slaves] for silver [since they are unable to support themselves] And the needy for a pair of sandals, And that we may sell the leftovers of the wheat [as if it were a good grade of grain]?”
Isaiah 53:3 - He was despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and pain and acquainted with grief; And like One from whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or esteem Him.
Acts 16:19 - But when her owners saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the market place [where trials were held],
Acts 16:20 - and when they had brought them before the chief magistrates, they said, “These men, who are Jews, are throwing our city into confusion and causing trouble.
Ecclesiastes 5:8 - If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight [of corruption]; for a higher official watches over another official, and there are higher ones over them [looking out for one another].
Ecclesiastes 9:15 - But there was found in it a poor wise man, and by his wisdom he rescued the city. Yet no man [seriously] remembered that poor man.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 - But I say that wisdom is better than strength, though the poor man’s wisdom is despised and his words are not heeded.
Acts 4:1 - And while Peter and John were talking to the people, the priests and the captain [who was in charge of the temple area and] of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
Acts 4:2 - being extremely disturbed and thoroughly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in [the case of] Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
Acts 4:3 - So they arrested them and put them in jail until the next day, because it was evening.
James 2:3 - and you pay special attention to the one who wears the fine clothes, and say to him, “You sit here in this good seat,” and you tell the poor man, “You stand over there, or sit down [on the floor] by my footstool,”
Acts 5:26 - Then the captain went with the officers and brought them back, without hurting them (because they were afraid of the people, worried that they might be stoned).
Acts 5:27 - So they brought them and presented them before the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court). The high priest questioned them,
Acts 18:12 - But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia (southern Greece), the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
Proverbs 14:31 - He who oppresses the poor taunts and insults his Maker, But he who is kind and merciful and gracious to the needy honors Him.
Acts 8:3 - But Saul began ravaging the church [and assaulting believers]; entering house after house and dragging off men and women, putting them in prison.
Proverbs 17:5 - Whoever mocks the poor taunts his Maker, And he who rejoices at [another’s] disaster will not go unpunished.
James 5:6 - You have condemned and have put to death the righteous man; he offers you no resistance.
Acts 13:50 - But the Jews incited the devout, prominent women and the leading men of the city, and instigated persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them forcibly out of their district.
Acts 17:6 - But when they failed to find them, they dragged Jason and some brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too;
Psalms 14:6 - You [evildoers] shamefully plan against the poor, But the Lord is his safe refuge.
1 Corinthians 11:22 - What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you show contempt for the church of God and humiliate those [impoverished believers] who have nothing? What will I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? In this I will not praise you!