James 5:1

Woes On The Rich Who Oppress Others

¹ Now listen, you rich people! Cry and moan over the miseries that are overtaking you. ² Your riches are rotten, your clothes have been eaten by moths,

Listen to Me

Weep And Wail

Proverbs 11:28

The person who trusts in his wealth will fall, but the righteous will flourish like green leaves.

Isaiah 13:6

Wail out loud, because the Day of the LORD is near. It will come like destruction from the Almighty!

James 4:13

Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town, stay there a year, conduct business, and make money."

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you have built beautiful houses and lived in them,

Deuteronomy 32:15

Jacob dined until satisfied; Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. He grew fat, coarse, and gross, so that he abandoned the God who made him and spurned the Rock that was his salvation.

Nehemiah 9:25-26

They conquered fortified cities and fertile ground, possessing houses filled with all kinds of good things, wells already dug, with vineyards, olive orchards, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were satiated, and were well nourished, delighting themselves in your great goodness.

Job 20:15-29

"Though he swallows wealth, he will vomit it; God will dislodge it from his stomach.

Psalm 17:14

from men, LORD, by your hand from men who belong to this world, whose reward is only in this life. But as for your treasured ones, may their stomachs be full, may their children have an abundance, and may they leave wealth to their offspring.

Psalm 49:6-20

those who put confidence in their wealth and boast about their great riches?

Psalm 73:3-9

For I was envious of the proud when I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 73:18-20

You have certainly set them in slippery places; you will make them fall to their ruin.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth won't help in the time of judgment, but righteousness will deliver from death.

Ecclesiastes 5:13-14

I have observed a painful tragedy on earth: Wealth hoarded by its owner harms him,

Isaiah 22:12-13

On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth.

Jeremiah 4:8

So, put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, because the burning anger of the LORD has not turned away from us."

Jeremiah 9:23

This is what the LORD says: "The wise man is not to boast in his wisdom; the strong man is not to boast in his strength; and the rich man is not to boast in his riches.

Ezekiel 19:2

Tell them: "What a lioness your mother was among lions! She reared her cubs in the midst of fierce young males.

Joel 1:5

"Wake up, you drunkards! Cry aloud and howl, you wine drinkers, because your supply of new wine has been snatched from you.

Joel 1:11

Be dismayed, you farmers! Cry aloud, you vintners, for the wheat and barley, because the harvest in your fields has been lost.

Joel 1:13

"Put on your mourning clothes, you priests; and cry aloud, you ministering servants at the altar! Come! Stay the night in mourner's clothes, you ministers of my God, because the grain offering and the wine offering is held back from the Temple of your God.

Amos 6:6-7

drinking wine from bowls, anointing themselves with the choicest of oils, but not grieving on the occasion of Joseph's ruin

Micah 6:12

Her rich people are filled with violence, and her inhabitants tell lies their tongues speak deceitfully!

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will deliver them in the Day of the LORD's wrath; but the entire land will be consumed by the fire of his jealousy, for he will bring the inhabitants of the land to a sudden end."

Zechariah 11:2-3

Wail, cypress tree, for the cedar has fallen while the stately trees are destroyed. Wail, oak trees of Bashan, for the old growth forest has been cut down.

Matthew 19:23-24

Then Jesus told his disciples, "I tell all of you with certainty, it will be hard for a rich person to get into the kingdom from heaven.

Luke 6:24-25

"But how terrible it will be for you who are rich, because you have had your comfort!

Luke 12:16-21

Then he told them a parable. He said, "The land of a certain rich man produced good crops.

Luke 16:19-25

"Once there was a rich man who used to dress in purple and fine linen and live in great luxury every day.

Luke 23:28-29

But Jesus turned to them and said, "Women of Jerusalem, stop crying for me. Instead, cry for yourselves and for your children,

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But people who want to get rich keep toppling into temptation and are trapped by many stupid and harmful desires that plunge them into destruction and ruin.

James 1:11

For the sun comes up with its scorching heat and dries up the grass. The flower in it drops off, and its beauty is gone. That is how the rich person will fade away in his pursuits.

James 2:6

But you have humiliated the man who is poor. Are not rich people the ones who oppress you and drag you into court?

James 4:9

Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom.

Revelation 6:15-17

Then the kings of the earth, the important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and all the slaves and free people concealed themselves in caves and among the rocks in the mountains.