James 5:4

Behold, the reward of the workmen cries out, of those who in-gathered your fields, which has been fraudulently kept back by you, and the exclamations of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the LORD of Hosts;

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In The King James Version

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

In Context

3your gold and silver have rotted, and the rust of them will be to you for a testimony, and will eat your flesh as fire. You have stored up treasure in the last days!

5you lived in luxury on the earth, and were wanton; you nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter;

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Cross References

Exodus 2:23And it comes to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dies, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goes up to God, because of the service;

Exodus 22:22You do not afflict any widow or orphan;

Leviticus 19:13You do not oppress your neighbor, nor take plunder; the wages of the hired worker do not remain with you until morning.

Job 7:2As a servant desires the shadow, || And as a hired worker expects his wage,

Job 31:38If my land cries out against me, || And together its furrows weep,

Psalms 9:12For He who is seeking for blood || Has remembered them, || He has not forgotten the cry of the afflicted.

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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