James 5:4

Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Majority Standard Bible

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 are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.

5You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts as in the day of slaughter.

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Cross References

Exodus 2:23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.

Exodus 22:22You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.

Leviticus 19:13You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

Job 7:2Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.

Job 31:38if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

Psalms 9:12For the Avenger of bloodshed remembers; He does not ignore 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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