TSK · James 2:6

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.

You frustrate the plan of the poor, because Yahweh is his refuge.

Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.

Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, and their leaders: "It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The spoil of the poor is in your houses.

Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, and with a bag of deceitful weights?

Don't oppress the widow, nor the fatherless, the foreigner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.'

As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,

But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,

But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off to prison.

But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

and 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;"

You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous one. He doesn't resist you.