James 5:1-9 ▼

1 Come now, you rich, weep, wailing over the miseries that are coming upon you⁺.

2 Your⁺ riches have rotted and your⁺ garments have become moth-eaten.

3 Your⁺ gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be for a testimony against you⁺ and will eat your⁺ flesh like fire. You⁺ treasured up in the last days.

4 Behold, the wage of the workers having mowed your⁺ fields—that having been kept back by you⁺—cries out, and the cries of those having reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

5 You⁺ lived in luxury and you⁺ lived in self-indulgence upon the earth. You⁺ fattened your⁺ hearts in the day of slaughter.

6 You⁺ condemned and murdered the righteous one; he does not resist you⁺.

7 Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it until it receives the early and the late.

8 You⁺ also be patient; strengthen your⁺ hearts, because the coming of the Lord has drawn near.

9 Do not groan against one another, brothers, so that you⁺ might not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the doors.