James 5:8
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
King James Version
In Context
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Psalms 27:14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Romans 13:11And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Philippians 4:5Let your moderation be known unto 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 →