James 5:5

First Nations Version

Your life on this earth has been one of getting for yourselves whatever you want to satisfy your selfish desires. You have fattened yourselves like an animal prepared for a day of slaughter.

Cross References

1 Timothy 5:6

But the ones who live only to please themselves are spiritually dead even while they live.

Luke 16:25

“Father of Many Nations (Abraham) said to him, ‘My son, do you not remember? All your days were filled with good things, but the days of Creator Helps Him (Lazarus) were filled with sorrow and pain. It is now his time for comfort, but it is your time for sorrow and pain.

Luke 16:19

“There was once a man with many possessions who always dressed in the best clothes, had more than enough to eat, and lived a life of ease.

Revelation 18:7

As much as she boasted in her rich living, give to her the same in sorrow and suffering. “For this is what she thinks about herself, ‘I rule as a woman chief. I am not like a woman who has lost her husband. I will never know sorrow or grief.’

Jude 1:12

These bad-hearted ones have no respect for the love you share when they feast with you at your sacred family gatherings. They are dark spots and stains on your gatherings, caring only for themselves. They are clouds with no rain, blown about by the winds. They are trees that have no fruit at the harvest moon. They are twice dead, with their roots plucked from the ground.

2 Peter 2:13

In this way, they will suffer for the wrongs they have done. It makes their hearts glad to run wild in the light of day. They are dark spots and stains on your garments, gladly feasting with you while deep inside they laugh about how they have tricked you.

2 Timothy 3:4

They will be traitors, reckless and arrogant people who love pleasure more than they love the Great Spirit.

Romans 13:13

Let the light of this new day guide you onto a path of honor. We must walk away from wild drinking parties, from sexual impurity and improper desires, and from arguing and jealousy.