James 5:7
So be patient, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See, the farmer awaits the valuable harvest from the ground. He is patiently waiting for it, until it receives the early and late rains.
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6You have condemned and killed the righteous person. He does not resist you.
8You, too, be patient. Make your hearts strong, because the Lord's coming is near.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:14that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.
Hosea 6:3Let us know Yahweh; 1 let us press on to know Yahweh. 1 His coming out is as sure as the dawn; 1 he will come to us like the showers, 1 like the spring rains that water the land.” 1
Zechariah 10:1Ask for rain from Yahweh in the season of the spring rain— 1 Yahweh who makes thunderstorms— 1 and he gives rain showers to everyone 1 and vegetation in the field. 1
Matthew 24:44Therefore you must also be ready, for the Son of Man will come at an hour that you do not expect.
Luke 18:8I say to you that he will bring justice to them speedily. Even so, when the Son of Man comes, will he indeed find faith on the earth?”
Romans 2:7to those who according to consistent, good actions have sought praise, honor, and incorruptibility, he will give eternal life.
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 →