James 5:1

James 5:1
Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

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2 Kings 5:5
The king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” He departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of clothing.

Psalms 37:35
I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

Ezekiel 16:49
“ ‘ “Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters. She also didn’t strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

Amos 6:6
who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils, but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

Amos 6:7
Therefore they will now go captive with the first who go captive. The feasting and lounging will end.

Habakkuk 2:9
Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

Luke 12:19
I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.” ’

Luke 16:19
“Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

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Job 20:19
For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he will not build it up.

Job 20:20
“Because he knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights.

Job 20:21
There was nothing left that he didn’t devour, therefore his prosperity will not endure.

Job 20:22
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.

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Proverbs 10:2
Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 11:4
Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.

Proverbs 23:5
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

Ecclesiastes 5:13
There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

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Isaiah 15:3
In their streets, they clothe themselves in sackcloth. In their streets and on their housetops, everyone wails, weeping abundantly.

Jeremiah 25:34
Wail, you shepherds, and cry. Wallow in dust, you leader of the flock; for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions have fully come, and you will fall like fine pottery.

Jeremiah 47:2
Yahweh says: “Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and will become an overflowing stream, and will overflow the land and all that is therein, the city and those who dwell therein. The men will cry, and all the inhabitants of the land will wail.

Ezekiel 21:12
Cry and wail, son of man; for it is on my people. It is on all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. Therefore beat your thigh.

Ezekiel 30:2
“Son of man, prophesy, and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Wail, ‘Alas for the day!’

Zechariah 11:2
Wail, cypress tree, for the cedar has fallen, because the stately ones are destroyed. Wail, you oaks of Bashan, for the strong forest has come down.

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Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

Matthew 23:14
“But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the Kingdom of Heaven against men; for you don’t enter in yourselves, neither do you allow those who are entering in to enter.

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Matthew 6:20
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don’t break through and steal;

Luke 12:33
Sell what you have and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn’t fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

1 Timothy 6:18
that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to share;

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James 1:12
Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.

James 4:1
Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?

James 5:8
You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.

James 5:12
But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear— not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy.

James 5:13
Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.

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