James 5:1

American Standard Version (1901)

Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

Cross References

Proverbs 11:28

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;

Proverbs 11:4

Riches profit not in the day of wrath; But righteousness delivereth from death.

James 1:11

For 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.

Micah 6:12

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof 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 Jehovah’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 them that dwell in the land.

Isaiah 13:6

Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

James 4:13

Come 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:

James 2:6

But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art 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 Jehovah is not turned back from us.

James 4:9

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Joel 1:13

Gird yourselves with sackcloth, and lament, ye priests; wail, ye ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meal-offering and the drink-offering are withholden from the house of your God.

Psalm 17:14

From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, 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, every one waileth, weeping abundantly.

Ezekiel 30:2

Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Wail ye, Alas for the day!