James 5:1

A Conservative Version

Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:28

He who trusts in his riches shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might. Let not the rich man glory in his riches,

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

James 1:11

For the sun rose up with the burning heat, and withered the grass. And the flower of it fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished. So also the rich man will fade away among his pursuits.

Micah 6:12

For the rich men of it are full of violence, and the inhabitants of it have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of LORD's wrath, but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy. For he will make an end, yea, a terrible end, of all those who dwell in

Isaiah 13:6

Wail ye, for the day of LORD is at hand. It shall come as destruction from the Almighty.

James 4:13

Go now, men who say, Today and tomorrow we will go into this city, and will operate one year there, and will engage in trade and will get gain--

James 2:6

But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich exploit you, and they themselves drag you into courts?

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. Thou have grown fat. Thou have grown thick. Thou have become sleek. Then he forsook God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

Joel 1:11

Be confounded, O ye husbandmen. Wail, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley, for the harvest of the field is perished.

Joel 1:5

Awake, ye drunkards, and weep, and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

Ezekiel 19:2

and say, What was thy mother? A lioness. She couched among lions. In the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

Jeremiah 4:8

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of LORD is not turned back from us.

James 4:9

Be ye sorrowful, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into a downcast look.

Joel 1:13

Gird yourselves [with sackcloth], and lament, ye priests. Wail, ye ministers of the altar. Come, lay all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God. For the meal-offering and the drink-offering are withheld from the house of your G

Psalm 17:14

from men by thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in [this] life, and whose belly thou fill with thy treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

Isaiah 15:3

In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth. On their housetops, and in their broad places, everyone wails, weeping abundantly.

Ezekiel 30:2

Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says lord LORD: Wail ye, Alas for the day!