James 5:1

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Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

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  • Deut 8:12-14 : 12 And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them; 13 And when your herds and your flocks are increased, and your stores of silver and gold, and you have wealth of every sort; 14 Take care that your hearts are not lifted up in pride, giving no thought to the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house;
  • Isa 13:6 : 6 Send out a cry of grief; for the day of the Lord is near; it comes as destruction from the Most High.
  • Luke 6:24-25 : 24 But unhappy are you who have wealth: for you have been comforted now. 25 Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.
  • Prov 11:28 : 28 He who puts his faith in wealth will come to nothing; but the upright man will be full of growth like the green leaf.
  • Jas 4:13 : 13 How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:
  • Rev 6:15-17 : 15 And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the chief captains, and the men of wealth, and the strong, and every servant and free man, took cover in the holes and the rocks of the mountains; 16 And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Come down on us, covering us from the face of him who is seated on the high seat, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 For the great day of their wrath is come, and who may keep his place?
  • Eccl 5:13-14 : 13 And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand. 14 As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.
  • Luke 12:16-21 : 16 And he said to them, in a story, The land of a certain man of great wealth was very fertile: 17 And he said to himself, What is to be done? for I have no place in which to put all my fruit. 18 And he said, This I will do: I will take down my store-houses and make greater ones, and there I will put all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy. 20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together? 21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.
  • Luke 16:19-25 : 19 Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day. 20 And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds, 21 Desiring the broken bits of food which came from the table of the man of wealth; and even the dogs came and put their tongues on his wounds. 22 And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth. 23 And in hell, being in great pain, lifting up his eyes he saw Abraham, far away, and Lazarus on his breast. 24 And he gave a cry and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may put the end of his finger in water and put it on my tongue, for I am cruelly burning in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
  • Luke 23:28-29 : 28 But Jesus, turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, let not your weeping be for me, but for yourselves and for your children. 29 For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk.
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.
  • Jas 1:11 : 11 For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.
  • Jas 2:6 : 6 But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?
  • Jas 4:9 : 9 Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.
  • Isa 22:12-13 : 12 And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief: 13 But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.
  • Jer 4:8 : 8 For this put on haircloth, with weeping and loud crying: for the burning wrath of the Lord is not turned back from us.
  • Jer 9:23 : 23 This is the word of the Lord: Let not the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the strong man in his strength, or the man of wealth in his wealth:
  • Ezek 19:2 : 2 What was your mother? Like a she-lion among lions, stretched out among the young lions she gave food to her little ones.
  • Joel 1:5 : 5 Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.
  • Joel 1:11 : 11 The farmers are shamed, the workers in the vine-gardens give cries of grief, for the wheat and the barley; for the produce of the fields has come to destruction.
  • Joel 1:13 : 13 Put haircloth round you and give yourselves to sorrow, you priests; give cries of grief, you servants of the altar: come in, and, clothed in haircloth, let the night go past, you servants of my God: for the meal offering and the drink offering have been kept back from the house of your God.
  • Amos 6:6-7 : 6 Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph. 7 So now they will go away prisoners with the first of those who are made prisoners, and the loud cry of those who were stretched out will come to an end.
  • Mic 6:12 : 12 For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.
  • Zeph 1:18 : 18 Even their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the Lord's wrath; but all the land will be burned up in the fire of his bitter wrath: for he will put an end, even suddenly, to all who are living in the land.
  • Zech 11:2-3 : 2 Give a cry of grief, O fir-tree, for the fall of the cedar, because the great ones have been made low: give cries of grief, O you oaks of Bashan, for the strong trees of the wood have come down. 3 The sound of the crying of the keepers of the flock! for their glory is made waste: the sound of the loud crying of the young lions! for the pride of Jordan is made waste.
  • Matt 19:23-24 : 23 And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God.
  • Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun became fat and would not be controlled: you have become fat, you are thick and full of food: then he was untrue to the God who made him, giving no honour to the Rock of his salvation.
  • Neh 9:25-26 : 25 And they took walled towns and a fat land, and became the owners of houses full of all good things, water-holes cut in the rock, vine-gardens and olive-gardens and a wealth of fruit-trees: so they had food enough and became fat, and had joy in the good you gave them. 26 But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority, turning their backs on your law, and putting to death your prophets, who gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you, and they did much to make you angry.
  • Job 20:15-29 : 15 He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God. 16 He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death. 17 Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk. 18 He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading. 19 Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up; 20 There is no peace for him in his wealth, and no salvation for him in those things in which he took delight. 21 He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end. 22 Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him. 23 God gives him his desire, and sends the heat of his wrath on him, making it come down on him like rain. 24 He may go in flight from the iron spear, but the arrow from the bow of brass will go through him; 25 He is pulling it out, and it comes out of his back; and its shining point comes out of his side; he is overcome by fears. 26 All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent. 27 The heavens make clear his sin, and the earth gives witness against him. 28 The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath. 29 This is the reward of the evil man, and the heritage given to him by God.
  • Ps 17:14 : 14 With your hand, O Lord, from men, even men of the world, whose heritage is in this life, and whom you make full with your secret wealth: they are full of children; after their death their offspring take the rest of their goods.
  • Ps 49:6-9 : 6 Even of those whose faith is in their wealth, and whose hearts are lifted up because of their stores. 7 Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself; 8 (Because it takes a great price to keep his soul from death, and man is not able to give it.) 9 So that he might have eternal life, and never see the underworld. 10 For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others. 11 The place of the dead is their house for ever, and their resting-place through all generations; those who come after them give their names to their lands. 12 But man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts. 13 This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.) 14 Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever. 15 But God will get back my soul; for he will take me from the power of death. (Selah.) 16 Have no fear when wealth comes to a man, and the glory of his house is increased; 17 For at his death, he will take nothing away; his glory will not go down after him. 18 Though he might have pride in his soul in his life-time, and men will give you praise if you do well for yourself, 19 He will go to the generation of his fathers; he will not see the light again. 20 Man, like the animals, does not go on for ever; he comes to an end like the beasts.
  • Ps 73:3-9 : 3 Because of my envy of the men of pride, when I saw the well-being of the wrongdoers. 4 For they have no pain; their bodies are fat and strong. 5 They are not in trouble as others are; they have no part in the unhappy fate of men. 6 For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe. 7 Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire. 8 Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts. 9 Their mouth goes up to heaven; their tongues go walking through the earth.
  • Ps 73:18-20 : 18 You put their feet where there was danger of slipping, so that they go down into destruction. 19 How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction. 20 As a dream when one is awake, they are ended; they are like an image gone out of mind when sleep is over.
  • Prov 11:4 : 4 Wealth is of no profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness keeps a man safe from death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jas 5:2-5
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    2 Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing.

    3 Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days.

    4 See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.

    5 You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction.

  • Luke 6:24-25
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    24 But unhappy are you who have wealth: for you have been comforted now.

    25 Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.

  • Eccl 5:13-14
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    13 And I saw the destruction of his wealth by an evil chance; and when he became the father of a son he had nothing in his hand.

    14 As he came from his mother at birth, so does he go again; he gets from his work no reward which he may take away in his hand.

  • Jas 2:5-6
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    5 Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

    6 But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?

  • Prov 22:16
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    16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Rev 18:15-17
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    15 The traders in these things, by which their wealth was increased, will be watching far off for fear of her punishment, weeping and crying;

    16 Saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, she who was clothed in delicate linen, and purple, and red; with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels!

    17 For in one hour such great wealth has come to nothing. And every shipmaster, and all who are sailing on the sea, and sailors and all who get their living by the sea, were watching from far away,

  • 1 Tim 6:9
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    9 But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.

  • Amos 5:11-12
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    11 So because the poor man is crushed under your feet, and you take taxes from him of grain: you have made for yourselves houses of cut stone, but you will not take your rest in them; the fair vine-gardens planted by your hands will not give you wine.

    12 For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15 The property of the man of wealth is his strong town: the poor man's need is his destruction.

  • Jas 1:10-11
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    10 But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

    11 For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.

  • Jas 4:9
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    9 Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.

  • Rev 3:17
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    17 For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.

  • Jas 4:13
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    13 How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:

  • Luke 18:23-25
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    23 But at these words he became very sad, for he had great wealth.

    24 And Jesus, looking at him, said, How hard it is for those who have wealth to get into the kingdom of God!

    25 It is simpler for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a man who has much money to come into the kingdom of God.

  • Matt 19:23-24
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    23 And Jesus said to his disciples, Truly I say to you, It is hard for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of heaven.

    24 And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11 Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

  • Prov 28:22
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    22 He who is ever desiring wealth goes running after money, and does not see that need will come on him.

  • 1 Tim 6:17
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    17 Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;

  • Prov 5:11
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    11 And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;

  • Mark 10:25
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    25 It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man of wealth to come into the kingdom of God.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7 A man may be acting as if he had wealth, but have nothing; another may seem poor, but have great wealth.

  • Prov 24:34
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    34 So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

  • Rev 18:19
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    19 And they put dust on their heads, and were sad, weeping and crying, and saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, in which was increased the wealth of all who had their ships on the sea because of her great stores! for in one hour she is made waste.

  • Amos 8:4
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    4 Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,

  • Jas 4:16
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    16 But now you go on glorying in your pride: and all such glorying is evil.

  • Job 27:19
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    19 He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.

  • Luke 12:21
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    21 So that is what comes to the man who gets wealth for himself, and has not wealth in the eyes of God.

  • Luke 6:20-21
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    20 And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.

    21 Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.

  • Job 4:5
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    5 But now it has come on you and it is a weariness to you; you are touched by it and your mind is troubled.

  • Prov 21:13
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    13 He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

  • Luke 16:19
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    19 Now there was a certain man of great wealth, who was dressed in fair clothing of purple and delicate linen, and was shining and glad every day.

  • Mark 10:23
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    23 And Jesus, looking round about, said to his disciples, How hard it is for those who have wealth to come into the kingdom of God!

  • Prov 28:11
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    11 The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

  • Matt 5:3
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    3 Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

  • Job 22:5
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    5 Is not your evil-doing great? and there is no end to your sins.