James 5:1
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail because of the miseries coming on you.
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 clothes have become moth-eaten.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:12otherwise, when you eat and are full, and when you build good houses and live in them, your heart will be lifted up.
Nehemiah 9:25They captured the fortified cities and a productive land, and they captured houses full of all good things, cisterns already cut out, vineyards and olive orchards, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were satisfied and grew fat and enjoyed themselves in your great goodness.
Psalms 17:14Rescue me from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of this world whose prosperity is in this life alone! 1 You will fill the bellies of your treasured ones with riches; they will have many children and will leave their wealth to their children. 1
Psalms 73:3because I was envious of the arrogant 1 when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 1
Proverbs 11:4Wealth is worthless on the day of wrath, 1 but doing right keeps you from death. 1
Ecclesiastes 5:13There is an evil that I have seen under the sun: 1 riches hoarded by the owner, resulting in his own misery. 1
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 →