James 5:1

Woes On The Rich Who Oppress Others

¹ Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. ² Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten.

Listen to Me

Weep And Wail

Proverbs 11:28

He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

Isaiah 13:6

Wail; for the day of the LORD is at hand. It will come as destruction from Shaddai.

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let us go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived therein;

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Nehemiah 9:25-26

They took fortified cities, and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled and became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

Job 20:15-29

He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.

Psalm 17:14

from men by your hand, LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.

Psalm 49:6-20

Those who trust in their wealth, and boast in the multitude 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

Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw 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: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

Isaiah 22:12-13

In that day, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, called to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth:

Jeremiah 4:8

For this clothe yourself with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of the LORD hasn't turned back from us.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the LORD, "Do not let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, do not let the rich man glory in his riches;

Ezekiel 19:2

and say, 'What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs.

Joel 1:5

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep. Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

Joel 1:11

Be confounded, you farmers. Wail, you vineyard keepers; for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished.

Joel 1:13

Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests. Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God's house.

Amos 6:6-7

who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Micah 6:12

Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath, but the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy; for he will make an end, yes, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in the land.

Zechariah 11:2-3

Wail, fir tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the stately ones are destroyed. Wail, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down.

Matthew 19:23-24

Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.

Luke 6:24-25

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

Luke 12:16-21

He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.

Luke 16:19-25

"Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

Luke 23:28-29

But Jesus, turning to them, 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 are determined to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful lusts, such as drown men in ruin and destruction.

James 1:11

For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?

James 4:9

Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

Revelation 6:15-17

The kings of the earth, the princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains.