James 5:1

Woes On The Rich Who Oppress Others

¹ Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you. ² Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten.

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Weep And Wail

Proverbs 11:28

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

Isaiah 13:6

Wail, for the Lord's day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the sovereign judge.

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit."

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun became fat and kicked, you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the God who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt.

Nehemiah 9:25-26

They captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took possession of houses full of all sorts of good things -- wells previously dug, vineyards, olive trees, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate until they were full and grew fat. They enjoyed to the full your great goodness.

Job 20:15-29

The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach.

Psalm 17:14

Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring.

Psalm 49:6-20

They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

Psalm 73:3-9

For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 73:18-20

Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger.

Ecclesiastes 5:13-14

Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

Isaiah 22:12-13

At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.

Jeremiah 4:8

So put on sackcloth! Mourn and wail, saying, 'The fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us!'"

Jeremiah 9:23

The Lord says, "Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.

Ezekiel 19:2

and say: "'What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; she reared her cubs.

Joel 1:5

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because the sweet wine has been taken away from you.

Joel 1:11

Be distressed, farmers; wail, vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley. For the harvest of the field has perished.

Joel 1:13

Get dressed and lament, you priests! Wail, you who minister at the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you servants of my God, because no one brings grain offerings or drink offerings to the temple of your God anymore.

Amos 6:6-7

They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, and pour the very best oils on themselves. Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph.

Micah 6:12

The city's rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth."

Zechariah 11:2-3

Howl, fir tree, because the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees have been destroyed. Howl, oaks of Bashan, because the impenetrable forest has fallen.

Matthew 19:23-24

Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!

Luke 6:24-25

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

Luke 12:16-21

He then told them a parable: "The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop,

Luke 16:19-25

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

Luke 23:28-29

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

1 Timothy 6:9-10

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

James 1:11

For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?

James 4:9

Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.

Revelation 6:15-17

Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.