James 5:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten.

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Referenced Verses

Matt 6:19-20 : 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal: 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Job 13:28 : 28 Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth - eaten.
Isa 50:9 : 9 Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
Isa 51:8 : 8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation unto all generations.
Jer 17:11 : 11 As the partridge that sitteth on [eggs] which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
Hos 5:12 : 12 Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
Luke 12:33 : 33 Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.
Jas 2:2 : 2 For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing;
1 Pet 1:4 : 4 unto an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Ps 39:11 : 11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: Surely every man is vanity. Selah

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Jas 5:3-5
3 verses
86%
3Your gold and your silver are rusted; and their rust shall be for a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have laid up your treasure in the last days.
4Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
5Ye have lived delicately on the earth, and taken your pleasure; ye have nourished your hearts {G5613} in a day of slaughter.
Jas 5:1
85%
1Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
Matt 6:19-20
2 verses
76%
19Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal:
20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Luke 12:33
74%
33Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.
Job 13:28
74%
28Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth - eaten.
Rev 3:17-18
2 verses
74%
17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:
18I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.
Prov 5:11
73%
11And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
Jas 2:6
72%
6But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?
Luke 6:24
72%
24But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
Eccl 5:13-14
2 verses
72%
13There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, [namely], riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:
14and those riches perish by evil adventure; and if he hath begotten a son, there is nothing in his hand.
Jas 2:2-3
2 verses
72%
2For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing;
3and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say, {G846} Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit {G5602} under my footstool;
1 Tim 6:9
72%
9But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.
Jas 1:10-11
2 verses
72%
10and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11For the sun ariseth with the scorching wind, and withereth the grass: and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his goings.
Rev 18:14-17
4 verses
71%
14And the fruits which thy soul lusted after are gone from thee, and all things that were dainty and sumptuous are perished from thee, and men shall find them no more at all.
15The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning;
16{G2532} saying, Woe, woe, the great city, she that was arrayed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearl!
17for in an hour so great riches is made desolate. And every shipmaster, and every one that saileth any whither, and mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,
Isa 1:22
71%
22Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water.
Prov 10:15
71%
15The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.
Amos 5:11-12
2 verses
71%
11Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
12For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins— ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
2 Pet 2:3
71%
3And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
Ezek 7:19
71%
19They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of Jehovah: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels; because it hath been the stumblingblock of their iniquity.
Job 22:5-6
2 verses
71%
5Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.
6For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.
Prov 6:11
70%
11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Hag 1:6
70%
6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes.
Prov 24:34
70%
34So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Luke 12:21
70%
21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Nah 3:16
70%
16Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the canker-worm ravageth, and fleeth away.
Prov 11:4
69%
4Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.
Prov 23:5
69%
5Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? For [riches] certainly make themselves wings, Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.
Job 27:18
69%
18He buildeth his house as the moth, And as a booth which the keeper maketh.
Prov 13:7
69%
7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth.
Joel 3:5
69%
5Forasmuch as ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly precious things,
1 Tim 6:17
69%
17Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on {G2198} God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
Joel 1:17
69%
17The seeds rot under their clods; the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered.
Prov 28:22
69%
22he that hath an evil eye hasteth after riches, And knoweth not that want shall come upon him.
Job 7:5
69%
5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.
Job 4:19
68%
19How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
Prov 1:19
68%
19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; It taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Jas 4:13
68%
13Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:
Luke 5:36
68%
36And he spake also a parable unto them: No man rendeth a piece from a new garment and putteth it upon an old garment; {G1487} else he will rend the new, and also the piece {G575} from the new will not agree with the old.