James 2:2

World English Bible (2000)

For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in;

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  • Esth 3:10 : 10 The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
  • Esth 8:2 : 2 The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
  • Zech 3:3-4 : 3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel. 4 He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, "Take the filthy garments off of him." To him he said, "Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich clothing."
  • Luke 15:22 : 22 "But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.
  • Gen 27:15 : 15 Rebekah took the good clothes of Esau, her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob, her younger son.
  • Matt 11:8-9 : 8 But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king's houses. 9 But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
  • Isa 64:6 : 6 For we have all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness is as a polluted garment: and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

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    3and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing, and say, "Sit here in a good place;" and you tell the poor man, "Stand there," or "Sit by my footstool;"

    4haven't you shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

    5Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

    6But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?

    7Don't they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are called?

    8However, if you fulfill the royal law, according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.

    9But if you show partiality, you commit sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

  • Jas 2:1
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    1My brothers, don't hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory with partiality.

  • Jas 2:15-16
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    15And if a brother or sister is naked and in lack of daily food,

    16and one of you tells them, "Go in peace, be warmed and filled;" and yet you didn't give them the things the body needs, what good is it?

  • Jas 5:1-2
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    1Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

    2Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.

  • Matt 22:11-12
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    11But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn't have on wedding clothing,

    12and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless.

  • Rom 2:10-11
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    10But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

    11For there is no partiality with God.

  • 1 Tim 2:9
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    9In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety; not just with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing;

  • Prov 28:21
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    21To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.

  • Jas 1:9-10
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    9But let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his high position;

    10and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.

  • Luke 16:19
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    19"Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

  • 2 Cor 8:9
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    9For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich.

  • Prov 22:1-2
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    1A good name is more desirable than great riches, and loving favor is better than silver and gold.

    2The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

  • 1 Pet 3:3
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    3Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;

  • Job 13:10
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    10He will surely reprove you if you secretly show partiality.

  • Job 34:19
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    19Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

  • Luke 7:25
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    25But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.

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    20Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor.

  • Matt 6:1-2
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  • Matt 11:8
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    8But what did you go out to see? A man in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king's houses.

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    2both low and high, rich and poor together.

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    3neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.

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    39and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts:

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    15"'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

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    17Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;

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    17If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man's work, pass the time of your living as foreigners here in reverent fear:

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    13But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind;

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    27Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

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    6For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

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    29yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.