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.

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James 4:13

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Weep

General references

Luke 17:28

Bible References

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Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy, and sell, and get gain:

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For the sun hath no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and its flower falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment-seats?

Lest when thou hast eaten, and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them;

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou hast waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards and olive-yards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they ate 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 shall cast them out of his belly.

From men who are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, who have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of 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 foolish, 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 for the owners of them to their hurt.

Thus saith the LORD, 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 the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he will make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

Then said Jesus to his disciples, Verily I say to you, that a rich man shall with difficulty enter into the kingdom of heaven.

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

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

There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

But they that will be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond-man, and every free-man, hid themselves in the dens 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.

Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

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

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

And say, What is thy mother: A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

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

That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Howl, fir-tree, for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are laid waste: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.

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

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

General references

And if thou shalt sell aught to thy neighbor, or buy aught of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not oppress one another:

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, 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 earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;