James 5:7
Friends, be patient as you wait for the Lord's return. Think of the farmer waiting patiently for the earth's precious harvest as it grows with the early and later rains.
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6You have condemned and killed the innocent who didn't even resist you.
8You need to be patient too. Stay strong for the Lord's return is near.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:14then I will send rain for your land at the right time, rain in autumn and spring, so that you can harvest your grain, new wine, and olive oil.
Hosea 6:3Let's get to know the Lord, really strive to know him, and he will appear to us as surely as the sun will rise; he will come to us as certainly as the spring rains fall on the earth.”
Zechariah 10:1Ask the Lord for rain in springtime, for he makes the rainclouds and sends showers to grow crops for everyone.
Matthew 24:44You also need to be ready, because the Son of man is coming at a time when you're not expecting him.
Luke 18:8No, I tell you, he will give them justice quickly. However, when the Son of man comes, will he find people on earth who trust in him?”
Romans 2:7Those who have kept on trying to do what is good and right will receive glory and honor, immortality and eternal life.
Matthew Henry on James 5:2-12
Warnings to the Rich; Motives to Patience under Affliction. ( a. d. 61.) 1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and… Read the whole commentary →