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.

Go

James 4:13

Ye

Weep

General references

Luke 17:28

Bible References

Go

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

Ye

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will wither away while pursuing his activities.

Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?

When you eat and are full, and build beautiful houses to live in,

Then Jeshurun

became fat and rebelled—

you became fat, bloated, and gorged.
He abandoned the God who made him
and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

They captured fortified cities and fertile land
and took possession of well-supplied houses,
cisterns cut out of rock, vineyards,
olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance.
They ate, were filled,
became prosperous, and delighted in Your great goodness.

He swallows wealth but must vomit it up;
God will force it from his stomach.

With Your hand, Lord, save me from men,
from men of the world
whose portion is in this life:
You fill their bellies with what You have in store;
their sons are satisfied,
and they leave their surplus to their children.

They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.

For I envied the arrogant;
I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.

There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

This is what the Lord says:

The wise man must not boast in his wisdom;
the strong man must not boast in his strength;
the wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.

For the wealthy of the city are full of violence,
and its residents speak lies;
the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.

Their silver and their gold
will not be able to rescue them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.
The whole earth will be consumed
by the fire of His jealousy.
For He will make a complete,
yes, a horrifying end
of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “I assure you: It will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!

But woe to you who are rich,
for you have received your comfort.

Then He told them a parable: “A rich man’s land was very productive.

“There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.

Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the military commanders, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Weep

Be miserable and mourn and weep. Your laughter must change to mourning and your joy to sorrow.

Wail! For the day of the Lord is near.
It will come like destruction from the Almighty.

On that day the Lord God of Hosts
called for weeping, for wailing, for shaven heads,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.

Because of this, put on sackcloth;
mourn and wail,
for the Lord’s burning anger
has not turned away from us.

and say:

What was your mother? A lioness!
She lay down among the lions;
she reared her cubs among the young lions.

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep;
wail, all you wine drinkers,
because of the sweet wine,
for it has been taken from your mouth.

They drink wine by the bowlful
and anoint themselves with the finest oils
but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

Wail, cypress, for the cedar has fallen;
the glorious trees are destroyed!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
for the stately forest has fallen!

Woe to you who are now full,
for you will be hungry.
Woe to you who are now laughing,
for you will mourn and weep.

But turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and your children.

General references

If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, do not cheat one another.

For what hope does the godless man have when he is cut off,
when God takes away his life?

I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard.

“Don’t collect for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

It will be the same as it was in the days of Lot: People went on eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building.