James 5:1

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Summary

James 5:1

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

Go

James 4:13

Ye

Weep

General references

Luke 17:28

Bible References

Go

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

Ye

For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass: and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.

But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit-trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly.

From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

They that trust in their wealth, And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely , riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all them that dwell in the land.

And Jesus said unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, It is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously every day:

But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;

Weep

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.

and say, What was thy mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Wail, O fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen, because the goodly ones are destroyed: wail, O ye oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest is come down.

Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you , ye that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

General references

And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:

Likewise even as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;