James 5:12
But before all thinges, my brethren, sweare not, neither by heauen, nor by earth, nor by any other othe: but let your yea, be yea, and your nay, nay, lest ye fall into condemnation.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
13Is any among you afflicted? Let him pray. Is any merie? Let him sing.
Cross References
Matthew 5:33Againe, ye haue heard that it was sayd to them of old time, Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt performe thine othes to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:34And if any man be hungry, let him eate at home, that ye come not together vnto condemnation. Other things will I set in order when I come.
James 3:1My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receiue the greater condemnation.
3 John 1:2Beloued, I wish chiefly that thou prosperedst and faredst well as thy soule prospereth.
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 →