James 5:1

The English Standar Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 17:14

from men by your hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in this life.[2] You fill their womb with treasure;[3] they are satisfied with children, and they leave their abundance to their infants.

Proverbs 11:28

Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.

Proverbs 11:4

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Isaiah 13:6

Wail, for the day of the LORD is near; as destruction from the Almighty[3] it will come!

Isaiah 15:3

in the streets they wear sackcloth; on the housetops and in the squares everyone wails and melts in tears.

Jeremiah 4:8

For this put on sackcloth, lament, and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned back from us."

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches,

Ezekiel 19:2

and say: What was your mother? A lioness! Among lions she crouched; in the midst of young lions she reared her cubs.

Ezekiel 30:2

"Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: "Wail, 'Alas for the day!'

Joel 1:11

Be ashamed,[2] O tillers of the soil; wail, O vinedressers, for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.

Joel 1:13

Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Go in, pass the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God! Because grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God.

Joel 1:5

Awake, you drunkards, and weep, and wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

Micah 6:12

Your[5] rich men are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Zephaniah 1:18

Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the LORD. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:15

"But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.

James 1:11

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court?

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit" --

James 4:9

Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.