James 5:1

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“Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.”

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BSBPD

“Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon <FI>you<Fi> ;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo James 5:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 8:12Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
  2. Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
  3. Nehemiah 9:25They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.
  4. Job 20:15He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
  5. Psalms 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
  6. Psalms 49:6They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
  7. Psalms 73:3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
  8. Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
  9. Proverbs 11:4Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
  10. Proverbs 11:28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
  11. Ecclesiastes 5:13There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
  12. Isaiah 13:6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
  13. Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
  14. Jeremiah 4:8So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
  15. Jeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
  16. Ezekiel 19:2and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
  17. Joel 1:5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.
  18. Joel 1:11Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
  19. Joel 1:13Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
  20. Amos 6:6You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
  21. Micah 6:12For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
  22. Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
  23. Zechariah 11:2Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen;the majestic trees are ruined!Wail, O oaks of Bashan,for the dense forest has been cut down!
  24. Matthew 19:23Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

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