James 5:1-3

Warning to the Rich

1 Come now, x you rich, weep and howl for the y miseries that are coming upon you. 2 z Your riches have rotted and z your garments are moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. a You have laid up treasure b in the last days.

  1. Cross References
    Luke 6:24
    But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.
    Proverbs 11:28
    Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.
    Amos 6:1
    Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes!
    1 Timothy 6:9
    But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
  2. Cross References
    Romans 3:16
    In their paths are ruin and misery.
  3. Cross References
    Job 13:28
    Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
    Isaiah 50:9
    Behold, the Lord God helps me; who will declare me guilty? Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.
    Matthew 6:19 - 20
    Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
  4. Cross References
    Job 13:28
    Man wastes away like a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten.
    Isaiah 50:9
    Behold, the Lord God helps me; who will declare me guilty? Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.
    Matthew 6:19 - 20
    Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 6:19
    Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.
    Luke 12:21
    So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.
    Romans 2:5
    But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.
  6. Cross References
    James 5:8 - 9
    You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.
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