James 5:8

Be ye also patient, establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Be patient therefore, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and is patient about it, until it hath received the early and latter rain.

9Murmur not against each other, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the Judge standeth before the door.

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Cross References

Psalms 27:14Be of good courage; let thy heart be strong; Hope thou in the LORD!

Psalms 40:1“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” I trusted steadfastly in the LORD, And he listened, and heard my cry.

Lamentations 3:25Jehovah is good to them that trust in him, to the soul that seeketh him.

Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, But it hasteneth to the end; it shall not deceive; If it tarry, wait for it; For it shall surely come; it shall not long delay.

Romans 13:11And this, since we know the time, that it is already high time for us to awake out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we became believers.

Philippians 4:5Let your moderation be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

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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