James 5:1

The Passion Translation

Listen all you who are rich, for it’s time to weep and howl over the misery that will overtake you!

Cross References

Psalm 17:14

Throw them down to the ground, those who live for only this life on earth. Thrust them out of their prosperity and into their portion in eternity, leaving their wealth and wickedness behind!

Proverbs 11:28

Keep trusting in your riches and down you’ll go! But the lovers of God rise up like flowers in the spring.

Proverbs 11:4

When judgment day comes, all the wealth of the world won’t help you one bit. So be rich in righteousness, for that’s the only thing that can save you in death.

Isaiah 13:6

Wail, for the day of the Lord Yahweh is near! It will come with the destructive power of Shaddai.

Isaiah 15:3

They pour into the streets wearing sackcloth. In public and in private, they fall down sobbing.

Jeremiah 4:8

Therefore, put on sackcloth, lament, and wail, for the burning anger of Yahweh has not turned away from us.

Jeremiah 9:23

Yahweh says: “The wise must not boast in their wisdom, the mighty must not boast in their power, and the wealthy must not boast in their riches.

Ezekiel 19:2

saying, “ ‘What a lioness was your mother among lions! She lay down among the young lions and reared her cubs.

Ezekiel 30:2

“Son of man, prophesy and announce what I, Lord Yahweh, say to Egypt: “ ‘Weep and wail, for the day of disaster is here!

James 1:11

For as the scorching heat of the sun causes the petals of the wildflower to fall off and lose its appearance of beauty, so the rich in the midst of their pursuit of wealth will wither away.

James 2:6

But yet you insult and shun the poor in your efforts to impress the rich! Isn’t it the wealthy who exploit you and drag you into court?

James 4:13

Listen, those of you who are boasting, “Today or tomorrow we’ll go to another city and spend some time and go into business and make heaps of profit!”

James 4:9

Feel the pain of your sin, be sorrowful and weep! Let your joking around be turned into mourning and your joy into deep humiliation.