James 5:1-2

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.

  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.
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