James 5:1
Go, now, you rich! Weep, howling over your miseries that are coming on [you];
Literal Standard Version
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 have rotted, and your garments have become moth-eaten;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:12lest you eat and have been satisfied, and build good houses and have inhabited [them],
Nehemiah 9:25And they capture fortified cities, and fat ground, || And possess houses full of all good, || Dug-wells, vineyards, and olive-yards, || And fruit-trees in abundance, || And they eat, and are satisfied, || And become fat, || And delight themselves in Your great goodness.
Psalms 17:14From men, Your hand, O YHWH, || From men of the world, their portion [is] in life, || And [with] Your hidden things You fill their belly, || They are satisfied [with] sons, || And have left their abundance to their sucklings.
Psalms 73:3I see the peace of the wicked, || That there are no bands at their death,
Proverbs 11:4Wealth does not profit in a day of wrath, || And righteousness delivers from death.
Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a painful evil I have seen under the sun: wealth kept for its possessor, for his evil.
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 →