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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Go, now, ye who are saying, 'To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'

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for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!

and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;

lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;

And Jeshurun waxeth fat, and doth kick: Thou hast been fat -- thou hast been thick, Thou hast been covered. And he leaveth God who made him, And dishonoureth the Rock of his salvation.

And they capture fenced cities, and fat ground, and possess houses full of all good, digged-wells, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fruit-trees in abundance, and they eat, and are satisfied, and become fat, and delight themselves in Thy great goodness.

Wealth he hath swallowed, and doth vomit it. From his belly God driveth it out.

From men, Thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, their portion is in life, And with Thy hidden things Thou fillest their belly, They are satisfied with sons; And have left their abundance to their sucklings.

Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,

Wealth profiteth not in a day of wrath, And righteousness delivereth from death.

There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.

Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,

Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Even their silver, even their gold, Is not able to deliver them in a day of the wrath of Jehovah, And in the fire of His jealousy consumed is the whole land, For only a hastened end doth He make Of all the inhabitants of the land!

and Jesus said to his disciples, 'Verily I say to you, that hardly shall a rich man enter into the reign of the heavens;

But woe to you -- the rich, because ye have got your comfort.

And he spake a simile unto them, saying, 'Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

And -- a certain man was rich, and was clothed in purple and fine linen, making merry sumptuously every day,

and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,

and the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich, and the chiefs of thousands, and the mighty, and every servant, and every freeman, hid themselves in the dens, and in the rocks of the mountains,

Weep

be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;

Howl ye, for near is the day of Jehovah, As destruction from the Mighty it cometh.

And call doth the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, And to baldness and to girding on of sackcloth,

For this, gird on sackcloth, lament and howl, For the fierce anger of Jehovah hath not turned back from us.

and thou hast said: What is thy mother? -- a lioness, Among lions she hath crouched down, In the midst of young lions she hath multiplied her whelps.

Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, And howl all drinking wine, because of the juice, For it hath been cut off from your mouth.

Who are drinking with bowls of wine, And with chief perfumes anoint themselves, And have not been pained for the breach of Joseph.

Howl, O fir, for fallen hath the cedar, For their honourable ones were destroyed, Howl, ye oaks of Bashan, For come down hath the fenced forest,

Woe to you who have been filled -- because ye shall hunger. 'Woe to you who are laughing now -- because ye shall mourn and weep.

and Jesus having turned unto them, said, 'Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves weep ye, and for your children;

General references

'And when thou sellest anything to thy fellow, or buyest from the hand of thy fellow, ye do not oppress one another;

For what is the hope of the profane, When He doth cut off? When God doth cast off his soul?

And I have caused the noise of thy songs to cease, And the voice of thy harps is heard no more.

'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

in like manner also, as it came to pass in the days of Lot; they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;