King James Version (KJV)

James 2:6

โ€œBut ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?โ€

Verse in context โ€” James 2

4

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

5

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?

6

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

7

Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?

8

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

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