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James 5:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers  who mowed your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Armies.

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‘Do not oppress  your neighbour or rob  him. The wages due a hired worker  must not remain with you until morning.


Woe for the one who builds his palace through unrighteousness, his upstairs rooms through injustice, who makes his neighbour serve without pay and will not give him his wages,


And just as Isaiah predicted: If the Lord of Armies had not left us offspring, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have been made like Gomorrah.   ,


‘I will come to you in judgement, and I will be ready to witness against sorcerers and adulterers; against those who swear falsely; against those who oppress the hired worker, the widow, and the fatherless; and against those who deny justice to the resident foreigner.  They do not fear me,’  says the Lord of Armies.


For it is his only covering; it is the clothing for his body.  What will he sleep in? And if he cries out to me, I will listen because I am gracious.


Will not God grant justice   to his elect   who cry out to him day and night?   Will he delay   helping them?


but caused the poor to cry out to him, and he heard the outcry of the needy.


So because the Israelites’ cry for help has come to me, and I have also seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing  them,


Then he said, ‘What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground!


Masters,  deal with your slaves justly and fairly, since you know that you too have a Master in heaven.


For the stones will cry out  from the wall, and the rafters will answer them from the woodwork.


For the vineyard of the  Lord of Armies is the house of Israel, and the men  of Judah, the plant he delighted in. He expected justice but saw injustice; he expected righteousness but heard cries of despair.


If the Lord of Armies had not left us a few survivors, we would be like Sodom, we would resemble Gomorrah.


Be careful that there isn’t this wicked thought in your heart, “The seventh year, the year of cancelling debts, is near,” and you are stingy towards your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty.


I heard the Lord of Armies say: Indeed, many houses  will become desolate, grand and lovely ones without inhabitants.


Then he said to his disciples,  ‘The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few.


Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hired worker he waits for his pay.





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