James 5:7
Be patient, therefore, brethren, to the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receiveth the early and the latter rain.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
8Be ye also patient; establish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:14That I will give you the rain of your land in its due season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine and thy oil.
Hosea 6:3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he will come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.
Zechariah 10:1Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD will make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
Matthew 24:44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh.
Luke 18:8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, will he find faith on the earth?
Romans 2:7To them who by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, and honor, and immortality; 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 →