James 5:5

Woes On The Rich Who Oppress Others

⁴ Behold, the hire of the laborers which have reaped down your fields - which hire is of you kept back by fraud - crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped, are entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts. ⁵ Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth and in wantonness. Ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. ⁶ Ye have condemned and have killed the just, and he hath not resisted you.

On Earth

Day Of Destruction

Luke 16:19

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

1 Timothy 5:6

but she that liveth in pleasure, is dead even yet alive.

Jeremiah 12:3

But thou LORD, to whom I am well known, thou that hast seen, and proved my heart; take them away, like as a flock is carried to the slaughter house, and appoint them for the day of slaughter.

Amos 6:1

O Woe be to the proud wealthy in Zion, to such as think them so sure upon the mount of Samaria: which hold themselves for the best of the world, and rule the house of Israel, even as they list.

1 Samuel 25:6

And thus wise say unto my friend, "Peace be to thee, peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.

1 Samuel 25:36

And when Abigail came to Nabal, behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, and he was drunk a good. Wherefore she told him nought, neither little nor more, until the morrow day.

Job 21:11-15

They send forth their children by flocks, and their sons lead the dance.

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 73:7

Their eyes swell with fatness, and they do even what they lust.

Proverbs 7:14

"I had a vow to pay, and this day I perform it.

Proverbs 17:1

Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a full house and many fat cattle with strife.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Be glad then, O thou young man, in thy youth, and let thine heart be merry in thy young days; follow the ways of thine own heart, and the lust of thine eyes: but be thou sure, that God shall bring thee into judgment for all these things.

Isaiah 3:16

Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD, "Seeing the daughters of Zion are become so proud, and come in with stretched out necks, and with vain wanton eyes; seeing they come in tripping so nicely with their feet:

Isaiah 5:11-12

Woe unto them that rise up early to use themselves in drunkenness, and yet at night are more superfluous with wine.

Isaiah 22:13

But they to fulfill their lust and willfulness, slaughter oxen: they kill sheep, they eat costly meat, and drink wine. "Let us eat and drink, tomorrow we shall die."

Isaiah 47:8

Hear now therefore, thou willful, that sittest so careless, and speakest thus in thine heart, "I am alone, and without me is there none; I shall never be widow, nor desolate again."

Isaiah 56:12

"Come," say they, "I will fetch wine, so shall we fill ourselves, that we may be drunken. And do tomorrow, like as today; yea, and much more."

Jeremiah 25:34

Mourn, O ye shepherds, and cry: sprinkle yourselves with ashes, O ye rams of the flock! For the time of your slaughter is fulfilled, and ye shall fall like vessels cunningly made for pleasure.

Ezekiel 39:17

And thou son of man: thus sayeth the LORD God: Speak unto all the fouls and every bird, yea and to all the wild beasts of the field, 'Heap you together and come; gather you round about upon my slaughter that I have slain for you: even a great slaughter upon the mountains of Israel: eat flesh and drink blood.

Amos 6:4-6

Ye that lie upon beds of ivory, and use your wantonness upon your couches; ye that eat the best lambs of the flock, and the fattest calves of the drove;

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said unto him, 'Son remember, that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy pleasure, and contrariwise, Lazarus pain. Now therefore is he comforted, and thou art punished.

Romans 13:13

Let us walk honestly as it were in the daylight: not in eating and drinking: neither in chambering and wantonness: neither in strife and envying:

2 Timothy 3:4

traitors, heady, high minded, greedy upon voluptuousness more than the lovers of God,

2 Peter 2:13

and receive the reward of unrighteousness. They count it pleasure to live deliciously for a season. Spots they are, and filthiness, living at pleasure, and in deceitful ways feasting with you:

Jude 1:12

These are spots which of your kindness feast together, without fear, feeding themselves. Clouds they are without water, carried about of winds: and trees without fruit at gathering time, twice dead, and plucked up by the roots.

Revelation 18:7

And as much as she glorified herself and lived wantonly, so much pour ye in for her of punishment, and sorrow, for she said in her heart, 'I sit, being a queen and am no widow and shall see no sorrow.'

Revelation 19:17-18

And I saw an angel stand in the sun, and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly by the midst of heaven, "Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God,