James 5:1 · KJV
“Go to now, {ye} rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon {you}.”
— James 5:1
James 5 — Context
Go to now, {ye} rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon {you}.
2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:28
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
1 Timothy 6:9-10
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and {into} many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
Proverbs 11:4
Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
James 1:11
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Luke 12:16-21
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
Jeremiah 9:23
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise {man} glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty {man} glory in his might, let not the rich {man} glory in his riches:
Luke 6:24-25
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
Luke 16:19-25
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: