James 2:1-4
My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism. Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of James 2
4 songs meet this passage
“We don't deal with outsiders very well”
Heathens · twenty one pilots
strains against James 2:1-4
Where the song describes suspicion toward newcomers, Scripture calls believers away from favoritism and toward welcoming the stranger.
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.
Coat of Many Colors · Dolly Parton
strains against James 2:2-4
The schoolchildren's scorn for the poor child's clothing reflects the favoritism James warns against, showing the wrongness of judging worth by appearance.
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