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James 2:6

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

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The surrounding passage

  1. James 2:4

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

  2. James 2:5

    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?

  3. James 2:7

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

  4. James 2:8

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

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.