James 5:8

You need to be patient too. Stay strong for the Lord's return is near.

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In The King James Version

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

In Context

7Friends, 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.

9My friends, don't complain about each other, so you won't be judged. Look, the judge is standing right at the door!

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Cross References

Psalms 27:14Trust in the Lord! Be confident—he will give you courage! Trust in the Lord!

Psalms 40:1I waited for the Lord patiently, and he turned to me—he heard my cry for help.

Lamentations 3:25The Lord is good to those who trust in him, to anyone who seeks to follow him.

Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is for a future time, it is about the end and it does not lie. If it seems slow in being fulfilled, wait for it, for it will definitely come—it will not be delayed!

Romans 13:11You should do this because you realize how urgent the time is—that it's high time for you to wake up from your sleep. For salvation is closer to us now than when we first put our trust in God.

Philippians 4:5Everyone should know about your kindness. The Lord will soon be here.

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 →

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