James 5:8

Be ye also patient; establish your hearts; for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

Webster Bible

In The King James Version

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

In Context

7Be 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.

9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

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Cross References

Psalms 27:14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he will strengthen thy heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Psalms 40:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.

Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good to 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 may tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

Romans 13:11And this, 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 to 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 →

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