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Themes in James 5

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Themes in James 5

James 5:1 (show verse)

Go to now, ye rich men. Weep, and howl on your wretchedness that shall come upon you.

worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » An abuse of riches
Amusements and worldly pleasures » An abuse of riches
Condemnation » Increased by » Oppression
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Abuse
Sin » Internal » Misery of
Sinners » Disowned » Misery of
Sins » Increment » Misery
The wicked » Guilt of » Misery of

James 5:2 (show verse)

Your riches is corrupt, your garments are motheaten.

Condemnation » Increased by » Oppression
Garments » Of the rich » Often moth-eaten
Insects » Locusts » Moths
Moth » Figurative
Moths » Destructive to garments
Riches » Described as » Corruptible

James 5:3 (show verse)

Your gold and your silver are cankered, and the rust of them shall be a witness unto you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together in your last days.

Accumulation of wealth » The accumulation of, disappointing
Condemnation » Increased by » Oppression
Gold » Liable to » Canker and rust
greed » Misery of
greed » Results of » Misery
earthly Riches » The perils of » The accumulation of, disappointing
Wealth » Accumulation of » The accumulation of, disappointing

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.

Business life » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
Business life » Employers » Fraudulent withholding of wages
Condemnation » Increased by » Oppression
Employee » Oppressions of
God » Hand of » Hearing of
Harvest » Persons engaged in » Often defrauded of their wages
Hearing » Careless, characteristics of » Divine, God attentive to the prayers of the saints
Injustice » God » Hears the cry of those who suffer
Masters' » Unjust, denounced
Money » Was given » As wages
Names » Of God the father » Lord of sabaoth
Oppression » Examples of
Oppression » God will judge
The poor » Guilt of defrauding
Reaping » Persons engaged in » Received wages
Riches » Often lead to » Fraud
Servant » Hired » Unclassified scriptures relating to
Servants » Hired » Often oppressed and their wages kept back
Theft » Includes fraud concerning wages
Vices » Dishonesty » Unjust gain
Wages » Sins of employers respecting payment of wages » Fraudulent withholding of wages

James 5:5 (show verse)

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth and in wantonness. Ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

worldly Amusements and pleasures » Indulgence in » An abuse of riches
Amusements and worldly pleasures » An abuse of riches
Condemnation » Increased by » Oppression
Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Wantoness
Pleasure, worldly » Results of a pleasure-seeking life » Spiritual death
Riches » Often lead to » Sensual indulgence
Riches » Denunciations against those who » Abuse
Worldliness » Perilous, some of the evil effects of » Leads to religious apostasy
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Spiritual death
Worldly » Pleasure results of a pleasure-seeking life » Wantonness

James 5:6 (show verse)

Ye have condemned and have killed the just, and he hath not resisted you.

Happiness of the The Wicked » Is derived from » Successful oppression

James 5:7 (show verse)

Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience there upon, until he receive the early and the latter rain.

Agriculture » General references to » Called husbandmen
Agriculture » Requires patience
Agriculture or husbandry » Requires » Patience in waiting
Coming of the lord jesus Christ » Being patient for the coming of the lord
divine Delays » Try men's courage and patience
fruit of the Spirit » Patience
Fruits » To be waited for with patience
Harvest » Patience required in waiting for
Patience » Encouraged
Patience » Being patient
Patience » Illustrated
Prayer » For miscellaneous topics relating to the devotional life, » Answer delayed
The second coming of Christ » Saints » Should be patient unto
spiritual Tests » Divine methods used for testing believers » Divine delays test men's courage and patience
Waiting » Illustrated
Waiting upon God » Illustrated

James 5:8 (show verse)

Be ye also patient therefore, and settle your hearts, for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

Coming of the lord jesus Christ » Being patient for the coming of the lord
fruit of the Spirit » Patience
Patience » Being patient
The second coming of Christ » Saints » Should be patient unto
the future » The second coming of Christ » Spoken of as near at hand

James 5:9 (show verse)

Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be damned. Behold, the judge standeth before the door.

fruit of the Spirit » Patience
Grudge » Not holding a grudge against others

James 5:10 (show verse)

Take, my brethren, the prophets: for an example of suffering adversity, and of long patience, which spake in the name of the Lord.

Afflicted saints » Should imitate the prophets
Christian ministers » Patience of
Example » Good
Example » Good example, general references to
fruit of the Spirit » Patience
Good » Christ's » Example
Patience » Instances of » The prophets
Prophecy » They who uttered » Spake in the name of the lord
Prophets » Spake in the name of the lord
Prophets » Great patience of, under suffering
Prophets » Voice
Social duties » Mercifulness » Of good example
Suffering » For Christ
Voice » God's » Of the prophets

James 5:11 (show verse)

Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have known what end the Lord made. For the Lord is very pitiful, and merciful.

Afflicted saints » Joy under
Afflictions » Saints have joy under
Endurance » In enduring hardship
Example » Good
fruit of the Spirit » Patience
God's Promises » For endurance
Happiness » Affliction of the righteous leads to
Happiness of saints in this life » Is derived from » Divine chastening
Job » A man who lived in uz » Courage
Job » The patient man
Meekness » Instances of » Job
Patience » Examples of
Patience » Exemplified
Patience » Instances of » Job
Pity » Of God
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » In enduring hardship

James 5:12 (show verse)

But above all things, my brethren, swear not: neither by heaven, neither by earth, neither by any other oath. Let your yea be "yea," and your nay, "nay," lest ye fall into hypocrisy.

Condemnation » General references to
Oaths » Profane, forbidden
Oaths » The jews » Forbidden to take in the name of any created thing
Profanity » Forbidden
Speech/communication » How to speak
Swearing » FALSE » Profane, forbidden
Swearing/vowing » Not swearing or vowing at all

James 5:13 (show verse)

If any of you be evil vexed, let him pray. If any of you be merry, let him sing Psalms.

Afflicted » Duty to the
Afflictions, Prayer During » Exhortation to
Joy » Of saints should be » Expressed in hymns
Music » Youthful » Singing » A religious duty
Praise » Saints should » Express their joy by
Prayer » Suitable in affliction
Singing » A religious duty

James 5:14 (show verse)

If any be diseased among you, let him call for the elders of the congregation, and let them pray over him, and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord:

Afflicted » Duty to the
Anointing » Application of oil as a remedy
Anointing » Of the sick
Anointing » Was used for » Curing the sick
Church » Membership of officers in » Elders
Disease » Remedies » General references
Disease » Remedies » Anointing with oil
Diseases » God often entreated to cure
Diseases » Those afflicted with » Anointed
Elder » In the Christian church
Elders » Christian
Forgiveness » Who shall be forgiven
Healing » Who the lord heals
Oil » As a remedy
Oil » Used » For anointing the sick
Prayer » Praying for others
Intercessory prayer » Commanded
Intercessory prayer » Should be offered up for » The sick
Prevention and cure of diseases » Remedies
Prevention and cure of diseases » Anointing with oil
Remedies » Remedies, for disease
Remedies » Anointing with oil
Sickness » Pray for those afflicted with
Social duties » In relation to food in relation to speech » Visitation of sick
Social life » Social duties to regard all men as brothers » Visitation of the sick
Visitation » Of the sick

James 5:15 (show verse)

and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up: and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Afflicted » Duty to the
Diseases » Those afflicted with » Often divinely cured
Elder » In the Christian church
Forgiveness » Who shall be forgiven
Healing » Who the lord heals
natural Life » Sometimes prolonged, in answer to prayer
Pardon » Pray for » For others
Prayer » Praying for others
Prayer » The prayer of faith
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Ask in faith
Salvation » What saves
Sickness » Pray for those afflicted with

James 5:16 (show verse)

Knowledge your faults one to another: and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man availeth much, if it be fervent.

AVeil » What avails
Confession » The reward for confessing sin
Confession » Confessing your sins
Confession of sin » Exhortation to
Healing » Who the lord heals
Importunity » Importunity, examples of » The early church
Missionaries » In interceding for others
Prayer » Praying for others
Prayer » Importunity, examples of » The early church
Prayer » Conditions for successful » Righteousness
Prayer » Of the righteous » Advantages
Prayer » The prayer of a righteous man
Prayer, answers to » Received by those who » Are righteous
Intercessory prayer » Commanded
Intercessory prayer » Encouragement to
Privileges of saints » Interceding for others
Righteousness » They who walk in and follow » Are heard by God

James 5:17 (show verse)

Elijah was a man, mortal even as we are, and he prayed in his prayer, that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

Blessing » Temporal blessings, prayer for » Elijah
Drought » Instances of
Elijah » Three times fed with divine supplies » Mighty in prayer
Elijah » Piety of
Elijah » Miracles of » Causes rain after seven years of drought
Elijah » Miracles of » Drought
God » God's Judgments » Drought » General references to » Examples of
Importunity » Importunity, examples of » Elijah
Meteorology » Affected by prayer
Miracles » Of elijah » Drought
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Elijah » Drought caused
Prayer » Should be offered up » With earnestness
Prayer » Answered » Elijah, asking for rain
Prayer » Importunity, examples of » Elijah
Rain » Withheld for three years and six months in the days of elijah
Rain » Withheld, in answer to prayer
Weather » Affected by prayer

James 5:18 (show verse)

And again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

Blessing » Temporal blessings, prayer for » Elijah
Elijah » Miracles of » Causes rain after seven years of drought
Fruits » Require » Rain from heaven
Meteorology » Affected by prayer
Miracles wrought through servants of God » Elijah » Rain brought
Power » Of prayer » Manifest in the life of elijah
Prayer » Power of » Manifest in the life of elijah
Rain » Withheld, in answer to prayer
Weather » Affected by prayer

James 5:19 (show verse)

Brethren if any of you err from the truth, and another convert him,

Backsliding » Endeavor to bring back those guilty of
Conversion » Encouragement for leading sinners to
Conversion » General references to » The supreme task of the church
Missionaries » Encouragement to

James 5:20 (show verse)

let the same know, that he which converted the sinner from going astray out of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide the multitude of sins. {Here ends the General Epistle of James}

Agency » In salvation of men
Backsliding » Endeavor to bring back those guilty of
Conversion » Encouragement for leading sinners to
Conversion » General references to » The supreme task of the church
Conversion » Those that convert sinners
death » Spiritual death » Eternal
eternal Death » Strive to preserve others from
Missionaries » Encouragement to
Personal work » Saving souls from death
Salvation » Who shall save a soul