James 2:1
My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of James 2
11 songs meet this passage
I Believe · Blessid Union of Souls
resonates with James 2:1
The longing to be seen beyond race echoes the warning against favoritism and division based on outward distinctions.
“We don't deal with outsiders very well”
Heathens · twenty one pilots
strains against James 2:1-4
The song describes a closed, suspicious community; Scripture calls believers away from favoritism and exclusion toward welcoming the stranger.
“Threw the bums a dime in your prime”
Like a Rolling Stone · Bob Dylan
strains against James 2:1-4
The song's subject once showed charity from a place of superiority rather than genuine love, the kind of favoritism James warns against.
Everyone's a Little Bit Racist · Avenue Q
strains against James 2:1-4
Scripture calls for actively rejecting favoritism and prejudice rather than shrugging at it as universal and unchangeable.
“Broke niggas stand to the left”
Fight Night · Migos
strains against James 2:1-4
James condemns exactly this kind of status-sorting by wealth that the song celebrates as a point of pride.
“Long hair freaky people need not apply”
Signs (Live at Abbey Road Studios, 6/12/19) · Tesla
resonates with James 2:1-4
The song opens with exclusion based on appearance, which James explicitly condemns as favoritism unworthy of believers.
Free Your Mind · En Vogue
resonates with James 2:1-4
James warns against favoritism based on outward markers like dress or wealth, exactly the bias the song protests.
Mr Wendal · Arrested Development
strains against James 2:1-4
James warns against favoritism and judging by appearance, exactly what society does to Mr. Wendal.
Indian Outlaw · Tim McGraw
strains against James 2:1-4
The song's playful stereotyping of a whole culture runs counter to Scripture's call to show no partiality and treat every group with equal honor.
“a spectacle of wealth and poverty”
Carnival · Natalie Merchant
resonates with James 2:1-4
The stark juxtaposition of riches and need in the song recalls James' warning against favoritism toward the wealthy amid the poor.
“I don't understand language of people with short money”
Feel So Good · Mase
strains against James 2:1-4
James condemns favoring the wealthy and looking down on the poor, the exact posture this line boasts in.