James 5:6

The rich have condemned and killed the righteous, who offered no resistance. Their oppression of the innocent will not go unanswered by God.

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• 1 Pet 2:22–23“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
• Luke 22:51–53But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And He touched the man’s ear and healed him.
• John 19:9–11and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer.
• Isa 53:7He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
• Acts 8:32The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
• Matt 5:39But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
• Matt 23:34–35Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.
• Heb 10:38But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
• Acts 4:10–12then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
• 1 Th 2:15–16who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
• Acts 3:14–15You rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a murderer be released to you.
• Jas 4:2You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
• Acts 2:22–23Men of Israel, listen to this message: Jesus of Nazareth was a man certified by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God did among you through Him, as you yourselves know.
• Acts 22:14Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.
• Matt 26:53–54Are you not aware that I can call on My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
• Matt 21:38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’
• Acts 13:27–28The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
• Matt 27:24–25When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”
• Jas 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
• Matt 27:20But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus put to death.
• John 16:2–3They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
• Acts 7:52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

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