James 5:1

Woes On The Rich Who Oppress Others

¹ Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. ² Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten.

Listen to Me

Weep And Wail

Proverbs 11:28

He who trusts in his riches will fall,
But the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.

Isaiah 13:6

Wail, for the day of the Lord is near!
It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.”

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them,

Deuteronomy 32:15

“But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—
You are grown fat, thick, and sleek—
Then he forsook God who made him,
And scorned the Rock of his salvation.

Nehemiah 9:25-26

“They captured fortified cities and a fertile land.
They took possession of houses full of every good thing,
Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,
Fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate, were filled and grew fat,
And reveled in Your great goodness.

Job 20:15-29

“He swallows riches,
But will vomit them up;
God will expel them from his belly.

Psalm 17:14

From men with Your hand, O Lord,
From men of the world, whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And leave their abundance to their babes.

Psalm 49:6-20

Even those who trust in their wealth
And boast in the abundance of their riches?

Psalm 73:3-9

For I was envious of the arrogant
As I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 73:18-20

Surely You set them in slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,
But righteousness delivers from death.

Ecclesiastes 5:13-14

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.

Isaiah 22:12-13

Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.

Jeremiah 4:8

“For this, put on sackcloth,
Lament and wail;
For the fierce anger of the Lord
Has not turned back from us.”

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the Lord, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches;

Ezekiel 19:2

and say,
‘What was your mother?
A lioness among lions!
She lay down among young lions,
She reared her cubs.

Joel 1:5

Awake, drunkards, and weep;
And wail, all you wine drinkers,
On account of the sweet wine
That is cut off from your mouth.

Joel 1:11

Be ashamed, O farmers,
Wail, O vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the harvest of the field is destroyed.

Joel 1:13

Gird yourselves with sackcloth
And lament, O priests;
Wail, O ministers of the altar!
Come, spend the night in sackcloth
O ministers of my God,
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.

Amos 6:6-7

Who drink wine from sacrificial bowls
While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils,
Yet they have not grieved over the ruin of Joseph.

Micah 6:12

“For the rich men of the city are full of violence,
Her residents speak lies,
And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold
Will be able to deliver them
On the day of the Lord’s wrath;
And all the earth will be devoured
In the fire of His jealousy,
For He will make a complete end,
Indeed a terrifying one,
Of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Zechariah 11:2-3

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen,
Because the glorious trees have been destroyed;
Wail, O oaks of Bashan,
For the impenetrable forest has come down.

Matthew 19:23-24

And Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 6:24-25

But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full.

Luke 12:16-21

And He told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man was very productive.

Luke 16:19-25

“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day.

Luke 23:28-29

But Jesus turning to them said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.

James 1:11

For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court?

James 4:9

Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.

Revelation 6:15-17

Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains;