James 5:4
Lo, the wage of the workers who have out down your fields—that which hath been kept back, by you, is crying out; and, the outcries of them who reaped, into the ears of the Lord of hosts, have entered:
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In Context
5Ye have luxuriated upon the land, and run riot, ye have pampered your hearts in a day of slaughter;
Cross References
Exodus 2:23And it came to pass, during those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel sighed by reason of the servitude and lamented,—and their cry for help went up to God, by reason of the servitude.
Exodus 22:22Neither widow nor fatherless, shalt thou humiliate:
Leviticus 19:13Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour nor rob [him],—The wages of him that is hired shall not tarry with thee, until the morning.
Job 7:2As, a bondman, panteth for the shadow, and as, a hireling, longeth for his wage,
Job 31:38If, against me, my ground used to cry out, and, together, my ridges did weep;
Psalms 9:12When he was making inquisition for blood, of them, had he remembrance, he forgat not the outcry of the oppressed.
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 →