James 5:7
Be patient therefore, brethren, vnto the comming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman wayteth for the precious fruite of the earth, and hath long patience for it, vntill he receiue the former, and the latter rayne.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
6Ye haue condemned and haue killed the iust, and he hath not resisted you.
8Be ye also patient therefore and settle your hearts: for ye comming of the Lord draweth neere.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:14I also wil giue raine vnto your land in due time, the first raine and the latter, that thou maist gather in thy wheat, and thy wine, and thine oyle.
Hosea 6:3Then shall we haue knowledge, and indeuour our selues to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning, and he shall come vnto vs as the raine, and as the latter raine vnto the earth.
Zechariah 10:1Aske you of the Lord raine in the time of the latter raine: so shall the Lord make white cloudes, and giue you showers of raine, and to euery one grasse in the field.
Matthew 24:44Therefore be ye also ready: for in the houre that ye thinke not, will the Sonne of man come.
Luke 18:8I tell you he will auenge them quickly: but when the Sonne of man commeth, shall he finde faith on the earth?
Romans 2:7That is, to them which through patience in well doing, seeke glorie, and honour, and immortalitie, euerlasting 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 →