James 5:1-6

Warning to Rich Oppressors

1 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you.
2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.
3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.
4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.
5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.[a]
6 You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.

Cross References 12

  • 1. James 4:13
  • 2. Luke 6:24; 1 Timothy 6:9; James 2:2-6
  • 3. Isaiah 13:6; Ezekiel 30:2
  • 4. Job 13:28; Psalms 39:11; Isaiah 50:9; Matthew 6:19,20
  • 5. ver 7,8
  • 6. Leviticus 19:13; Jeremiah 22:13; Malachi 3:5
  • 7. Deuteronomy 24:15
  • 8. Romans 9:29
  • 9. Ezekiel 16:49; Amos 6:1; Luke 16:19
  • 10. Jeremiah 12:3; Jeremiah 25:34
  • 11. James 4:2
  • 12. Hebrews 10:38

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "yourselves as in a day of feasting"
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