James 5:1

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Come on, you rich people! You should weep and wail for all the problems that are coming your way!

Cross References

Psalm 17:14

Lord, by your power, save me from people whose only thought is for this world. May they be filled with what you have in store for them, their children too, with left-overs for their grandchildren!

Proverbs 11:28

If you trust in your riches, you'll fall; but if you do good, you'll flourish like green leaves.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth won't help you on judgment day, but goodness saves you from death.

Isaiah 13:6

Howl in fear, for the day of the Lord is approaching—the time when the Almighty destroys.

Isaiah 15:3

They wear sackcloth in their streets. On the rooftops and in the open squares they all weep, falling down crying.

Jeremiah 4:8

Wear clothes made of sackcloth, weep and wail, crying out, “The Lord's furious anger against us hasn't stopped.”

Jeremiah 9:23

This is what the Lord says: The wise shouldn't boast about their wisdom. The strong shouldn't boast about their strength. The rich shouldn't boast about their riches.

Ezekiel 19:2

with these words: “What was your mother? She was a lioness among the lions! She lay down in her place among the young lions and reared her cubs.

Ezekiel 30:2

“Son of man, prophesy and announce that this is what the Lord God says: Weep! This is a terrible day!

Joel 1:11

Be ashamed, farmers, and wail in sorrow, keepers of vineyards, over the wheat and the barley, for the crops from the fields are ruined.

Joel 1:13

Dress in sackcloth, you priests, and mourn; weep, you who minister before the altar! Go and spend the night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, for the grain and wine offerings have stopped in the Temple.

Joel 1:5

Wake up, you drunks, and weep! Howl you wine drinkers, because the new wine has been suddenly taken away from your mouth!

Micah 6:12

Your rich people make money by using violence; they tell lies and practice deceit.

Zephaniah 1:18

Their silver and their gold won't help to save them on the day of the Lord's anger. The whole earth will be burned up by the fire of his jealous anger. He will make sure the end of the people of the world is sudden and complete.

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Israel, you grew fat and rebelled—fat, overweight, and bloated with food. You abandoned the God who made you and despised the Rock of your salvation.

James 1:11

For the sun rises along with the blistering wind and scorches the grass. The flowers fall and their beauty is marred. Everything the rich achieve will fade in just the same way.

James 2:6

But you've treated the poor shamefully. Isn't it the rich who oppress you and drag you before the courts?

James 4:13

Come on now!—you people who say, “Either today or tomorrow we'll go to such-and-such a city, spend a year in business there, and make a profit.”

James 4:9

Show some remorse, cry and weep! Turn your laughter into mourning, and your joy to sadness.