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 are moth-eaten.

Listen to Me

Weep And Wail

Proverbs 11:28

Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

Isaiah 13:6

Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; as destruction from the Almighty it will come!

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit"--

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them,

Deuteronomy 32:15

"But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

Nehemiah 9:25-26

And they captured fortified cities and a rich land, and took possession of houses full of all good things, cisterns already hewn, vineyards, olive orchards and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

Job 20:15-29

He swallows down riches and vomits them up again; God casts them out of his belly.

Psalm 17:14

from men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their womb with treasure; they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.

Psalm 49:6-20

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

Psalm 73:3-9

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

Psalm 73:18-20

Truly you set them in slippery places; you make them fall to ruin.

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 that I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt,

Isaiah 22:12-13

In that day the Lord GOD of hosts called for weeping and mourning, for baldness and 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 the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,

Ezekiel 19:2

and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs.

Joel 1:5

Awake, you drunkards, and weep, and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

Joel 1:11

Be ashamed, O tillers of the soil; wail, O vinedressers, for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.

Joel 1:13

Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Go in, pass the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God! Because grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.

Amos 6:6-7

who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph!

Micah 6:12

Your rich men are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the LORD. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Zechariah 11:2-3

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, for the glorious trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the thick forest has been felled!

Matthew 19:23-24

And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 6:24-25

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

Luke 12:16-21

And he told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man produced plentifully,

Luke 16:19-25

"There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.

Luke 23:28-29

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

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

James 1:11

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?

James 4:9

Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.

Revelation 6:15-17

Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,