James 5:1
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
In Context
2Your riches are corrupted: and your garments are motheaten.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:12Lest after thou hast eaten and art filled, hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them,
Nehemiah 9:25And they took strong cities and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods: cisterns made by others, vine- yards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: and they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and abounded with de- light in thy great goodness.
Psalms 17:14from the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.
Psalms 73:3Because I had a zeal on occasion of the wicked, seeing the prosperity of sinners.
Proverbs 11:4Riches shall not profit in the day of revenge: but justice shall deliver from death.
Ecclesiastes 5:13For they are lost with very great affliction: he hath begotten a son, who shall be in extremity of want.
Matthew Henry on James 5:1
In this chapter the apostle denounces the judgments of God upon those rich men who oppress the poor, showing them how great their sin and folly are in the sight of God, and how grievous the punishments would be which should fall upon themselves, ver. 1-6 . Hereupon, all the faithful are exhorted to patience under their trials and sufferings, ver. 7-11 . The sin of swearing is cautioned against, ver. 12 . We are directed how to act, both under affliction and in prosperity, ver. 13 . Prayer for the sick, and… Read the whole commentary →