James 5:1

Woes On The Rich Who Oppress Others

¹ Go to now, ye rich men. Weep, and howl on your wretchedness that shall come upon you. ² Your riches is corrupt, your garments are motheaten.

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Weep And Wail

Proverbs 11:28

He that trusteth in his riches shall have a fall; but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

Isaiah 13:6

Mourn therefore, for the day of the LORD is at hand, and cometh as a destroyer from the Almighty.

James 4:13

Go to now, ye that say, "Today and tomorrow let us go into such a city and continue there a year and buy, and sell, and win,"

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

yea, and when thou hast eaten and filled thyself and hast built goodly houses and dwelt therein,

Deuteronomy 32:15

"And Israel waxed fat, and kicked. Thou wast fat, thick and smooth. And he let God go, that made him; and despised the rock that saved him.

Nehemiah 9:25-26

And they won their strong cities, and a fat land, and took possession of houses that were full of all manner goods, wells digged out, vineyards, olive gardens, and many fruitful trees: and they ate and were filled, and became fat, and lived in wealth through thy great goodness.

Job 20:15-29

The riches that he devoured, shall he vomit out again; for God shall draw them out of his belly.

Psalm 17:14

From the men of thy hand, O LORD, from the men, I say, and from the evil world, which have their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thy hid treasure.

Psalm 49:6-20

There be some that put their trust in their goods, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches.

Psalm 73:3-9

And why? I was grieved at the wicked, to see the ungodly in such prosperity.

Psalm 73:18-20

Namely, how thou hast set them in a slippery places, that thou mayest cast them down headlong and destroy them.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches help not in the day of vengeance; but righteousness delivereth from death.

Ecclesiastes 5:13-14

Yet is there a sore plague, which I have seen under the sun: namely, riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession.

Isaiah 22:12-13

And at the same time shall the LORD of Hosts call men to weeping, mourning, to baldness and a putting on of sackcloth.

Jeremiah 4:8

Wherefore gird yourselves about with sackcloth, mourn, and weep, for the fearful wrath of the LORD shall not be withdrawn from you."

Jeremiah 9:23

Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD, "Let not the wise man rejoice in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength; neither the rich man in his riches.

Ezekiel 19:2

and say, "Wherefore lay thy mother, that lioness, among the lions, and nourished her young ones among the lion's whelps?

Joel 1:5

Wake up ye drunkards, and weep: mourn all ye wine sippers because of your sweet wine, for it shall be taken away from your mouth.

Joel 1:11

The husbandmen and the wine gardeners shall look piteously, and make lamentation for the wheat, wine and barley; and because the harvest upon the field is so clean destroyed.

Joel 1:13

Gird you, and make your moan, O ye priests: mourn ye ministers of the alter: go your way in, and sleep in sackcloth, O ye officers of my God: for the meat and drink offering shall be taken away from the house of your God.

Amos 6:6-7

ye that drink wine out of goblets, and anoint yourselves with the best oil: but no man is sorry for Joseph's hurt.

Micah 6:12

among those that be full of riches unrighteously gotten: where the citizens deal with falsity, speak lies, and have deceitful tongues in their mouths?

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in that wrathful day of the LORD, but the whole land shall be consumed through the fire of his jealousy: for he shall soon make clean riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

Zechariah 11:2-3

Howl ye Fir trees, for the cedar is fallen, yea all the proud are wasted away. Howl, O ye oak trees of Bashan, for the mighty strong wood is cut down.

Matthew 19:23-24

Then Jesus said then unto his disciples: "Verily I say unto you, it is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 6:24-25

But woe be to you that are rich: for ye have therein your consolation.

Luke 12:16-21

And he put forth a similitude unto them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth fruits plenteously,

Luke 16:19-25

"There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple, and fine bysse, and fared deliciously every day.

Luke 23:28-29

But Jesus turned back unto them, and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me: but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

They that will be rich, fall into temptation and snares, and into many foolish and noisome lusts, which drown men in perdition and destruction.

James 1:11

The sun riseth with heat, and the grass withereth and his flower falleth away, and the beauty of the fashion of it perisheth: even so shall the rich man perish with his abundance.

James 2:6

But ye have despised the poor. Are not the rich they which oppress you: and they which draw you before judges?

James 4:9

Suffer afflictions: sorrow ye and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Revelation 6:15-17

And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in dens, and in rocks of the hills,