James 5:1

New American Standard Bible 2020

Come now, you rich people, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.

Cross References

Psalm 17:14

From people by Your hand, Lord, From people of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly You fill with Your treasure; They are satisfied with children, And leave their abundance to their babies.

Proverbs 11:28

One who trusts in his riches will fall, But the righteous will flourish like the green leaf.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not benefit on the day of wrath, But righteousness rescues from death.

Isaiah 13:6

Wail, for the day of the Lord is near! It will come as destruction from the Almighty.

Isaiah 15:3

In their streets they have put on sackcloth; On their housetops and in their public squares Everyone is wailing, overcome with weeping.

Jeremiah 4:8

“For this, put on sackcloth, Mourn and wail; For the fierce anger of the Lord Has not turned away from us.”

Jeremiah 9:23

This is what the Lord says: “Let no wise man boast of his wisdom, nor let the mighty man boast of his might, nor a rich man boast of his riches;

Ezekiel 19:2

and say, ‘What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She raised her cubs.

Ezekiel 30:2

“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “Wail, ‘Woe for the day!’

Joel 1:11

Be ashamed, you farm workers, Wail, you vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley; Because the harvest of the field is destroyed.

Joel 1:13

¶Put on sackcloth And mourn, you priests; Wail, you ministers of the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, You ministers of my God, For the grain offering and the drink offering Have been withheld from the house of your God.

Joel 1:5

Awake, you heavy drinkers, and weep; And wail, all you wine drinkers, Because of the sweet wine, For it has been eliminated from your mouth.

Micah 6:12

“For the rich people of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold Will be able to save them On the day of the Lord’s anger; And all the earth will be devoured By the fire of His jealousy, For He will make a complete end, Indeed a horrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:15

¶“But Jeshurun became fat and kicked— You have become fat, thick, and obstinate— Then he abandoned God who made him, And rejected the Rock of his salvation.

James 1:11

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so also the rich person, in the midst of his pursuits, will die out.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court?

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.”

James 4:9

Be miserable, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom.