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James 5:1–4

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GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
Your 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.
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
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From verse 1

  1. Proverbs 11:28Rank 1 from verse 1
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    28He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.

  2. 1 Timothy 6:9–10Rank 2 from verse 1
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    9But 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.

    10For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

  3. Proverbs 11:4Rank 3 from verse 1
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    4Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.

  4. James 1:11Rank 4 from verse 1
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    11For 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.

  5. Jeremiah 9:23Rank 5 from verse 1
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    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:

  6. Luke 12:16–21Rank 6 from verse 1
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    16And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

    17And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?

    18And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

    19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

    20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

    21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

  7. Luke 6:24–25Rank 7 from verse 1
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    24But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

    25Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

  8. Luke 16:19–25Rank 8 from verse 1
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    19¶ There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

    20And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

    21And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

    22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

    23And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

    24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

    25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

  9. Matthew 19:23–24Rank 9 from verse 1
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    23¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

    24And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

  10. Micah 6:12Rank 10 from verse 1
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    12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

  11. Psalms 73:3–9Rank 11 from verse 1
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    3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

    4For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.

    5They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.

    6Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.

    7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

    8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

    9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

  12. Isaiah 13:6Rank 12 from verse 1
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    6¶ Howl ye; for the day of the Lord is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty.

  13. Zephaniah 1:18Rank 13 from verse 1
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    18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.

  14. Deuteronomy 32:15Rank 14 from verse 1
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    15¶ But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

  15. James 2:6Rank 15 from verse 1
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    6But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?

  16. James 4:13Rank 16 from verse 1
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    13Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

  17. Job 20:15–29Rank 17 from verse 1
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    15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

    16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper’s tongue shall slay him.

    17He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

    18That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.

    19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

    20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

    21There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

    22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

    23When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

    24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

    25It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.

    26All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.

    27The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him.

    28The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

    29This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

  18. Joel 1:11Rank 18 from verse 1
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    11Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

  19. Nehemiah 9:25–26Rank 19 from verse 1
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    25And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

    26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

  20. Psalms 73:18–20Rank 20 from verse 1
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    18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

    19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

    20As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.

  21. Revelation 6:15–17Rank 21 from verse 1
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    15And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

    16And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

    17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

  22. Amos 6:6–7Rank 22 from verse 1
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    6That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

    7¶ Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.

  23. Ecclesiastes 5:13–14Rank 23 from verse 1
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    13There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt.

    14But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand.

  24. Ezekiel 19:2Rank 24 from verse 1
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    2And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

  25. Isaiah 22:12–13Rank 25 from verse 1
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    12And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

    13And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.

  26. Jeremiah 4:8Rank 26 from verse 1
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    8For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned back from us.

  27. Joel 1:5Rank 27 from verse 1
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    5Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.

  28. Psalms 49:6–20Rank 28 from verse 1
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    6They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

    7None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

    8(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

    9That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption.

    10For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

    11Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

    12Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish.

    13This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

    14Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.

    15But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

    16Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased;

    17For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

    18Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

    19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.

    20Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish.

  29. Zechariah 11:2–3Rank 29 from verse 1
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    2Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.

    3There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled.

  30. Deuteronomy 8:12–14Rank 30 from verse 1
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    12Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

    13And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

    14Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

  31. James 4:9Rank 31 from verse 1
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    9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

  32. Joel 1:13Rank 32 from verse 1
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    13Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.

  33. Luke 23:28–29Rank 33 from verse 1
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    28But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

    29For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

  34. Psalms 17:14Rank 34 from verse 1
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    14From men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

From verse 2

  1. Matthew 6:19–20Rank 1 from verse 2
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    19¶ Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

    20But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

  2. Job 13:28Rank 2 from verse 2
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    28And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

  3. Luke 12:33Rank 3 from verse 2
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    33Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

  4. Isaiah 50:9Rank 4 from verse 2
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    9Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

  5. Isaiah 51:8Rank 5 from verse 2
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    8For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.

  6. 1 Peter 1:4Rank 6 from verse 2
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    4To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

  7. Jeremiah 17:11Rank 7 from verse 2
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    11As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

  8. Psalms 39:11Rank 8 from verse 2
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    11When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

  9. Hosea 5:12Rank 9 from verse 2
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    12Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

  10. James 2:2Rank 10 from verse 2
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    2For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;

From verse 3

  1. Romans 2:5Rank 1 from verse 3
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    5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

  2. James 5:7–8Rank 2 from verse 3
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    7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

    8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

  3. Revelation 21:8Rank 3 from verse 3
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    8But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

  4. Isaiah 2:2Rank 4 from verse 3
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    2And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

  5. Revelation 20:15Rank 5 from verse 3
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    15And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

  6. 2 Peter 3:3Rank 6 from verse 3
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    3Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

  7. 2 Timothy 2:17Rank 7 from verse 3
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    17And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus;

  8. Deuteronomy 32:33–34Rank 8 from verse 3
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    33Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

    34Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?

  9. Genesis 31:52Rank 9 from verse 3
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    52This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm.

  10. Genesis 49:1Rank 10 from verse 3
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    1AND Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.

  11. Jeremiah 19:9Rank 11 from verse 3
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    9And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.

  12. Job 14:16–17Rank 12 from verse 3
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    16For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?

    17My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.

  13. Job 16:8Rank 13 from verse 3
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    8And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.

  14. Joshua 24:27Rank 14 from verse 3
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    27And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

  15. Micah 3:3Rank 15 from verse 3
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    3Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

  16. Micah 4:1Rank 16 from verse 3
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    1BUT in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.

  17. Genesis 31:48Rank 17 from verse 3
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    48And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;

  18. Revelation 17:16Rank 18 from verse 3
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    16And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

  19. Acts 2:17Rank 19 from verse 3
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    17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:

From verse 4

  1. Leviticus 19:13Rank 1 from verse 4
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    13¶ Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

  2. Jeremiah 22:13Rank 2 from verse 4
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    13¶ Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

  3. Deuteronomy 24:14–15Rank 3 from verse 4
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    14¶ Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

    15At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.

  4. Romans 9:29Rank 4 from verse 4
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    29And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.

  5. Malachi 3:5Rank 5 from verse 4
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    5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

  6. Job 24:10–11Rank 6 from verse 4
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    10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

    11Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

  7. Exodus 22:27Rank 7 from verse 4
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    27For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.

  8. Exodus 3:9Rank 8 from verse 4
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    9Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.

  9. Genesis 4:10Rank 9 from verse 4
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    10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

  10. Job 34:28Rank 10 from verse 4
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    28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

  11. Colossians 4:1Rank 11 from verse 4
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    1MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

  12. Luke 18:7Rank 12 from verse 4
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    7And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

  13. Psalms 9:12Rank 13 from verse 4
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    12When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.

  14. Exodus 2:23–24Rank 14 from verse 4
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    23¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

    24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

  15. Habakkuk 2:11Rank 15 from verse 4
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    11For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

  16. Isaiah 1:9Rank 16 from verse 4
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    9Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

  17. Isaiah 5:7Rank 17 from verse 4
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    7For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

  18. Job 31:38–39Rank 18 from verse 4
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    38If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;

    39If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

  19. Exodus 22:22–24Rank 19 from verse 4
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    22¶ Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

    23If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;

    24And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.

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James 5:1

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go to now

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An expression calling attention and pressing the hearer to begin, consider, or face what follows; come now, attend, or take notice.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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rich

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Possessing abundance, wealth, resources, value, fruitfulness, or fullness.

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weep

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To shed tears or lament in grief, sorrow, compassion, repentance, joy, or other deep feeling.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

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you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

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James 5:2

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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corrupted

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of corrupt, meaning to spoil, debase, pervert, or cause decay.

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James 5:3

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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silver

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A precious white metal used for money, vessels, ornaments, images, trade, valuation, and refining; by extension, money or wealth reckoned in that metal.

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rust

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Sense 1: The reddish corrosion of metal. Sense 2: Figuratively, decay or corruption.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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witness

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Sense 1: A person or thing that attests, testifies, records, or supplies evidence; also testimony, record, or the act of bearing testimony. Sense 2: To see in person, testify, attest, or give evidence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

as it were

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1. Marking likeness or comparison: as though, or in a manner resembling. 2. Marking approximation: about or nearly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fire

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Burning flame and heat that gives light, consumes, purifies, or destroys.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heaped

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of heap, meaning to gather, pile, or accumulate.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

treasure

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Sense 1: Valuable things or provisions stored; a specially valued possession. Sense 2: An inward store from which something is brought forth.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

last

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At the end or after all others; latest or final.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

James 5:4

COMBINED MEANING

behold

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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hire

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Sense 1: Payment, wages, reward, or return for labour, service, or use. Sense 2: To employ or obtain work for payment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

reaped

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Past-tense or past-participial form of reap. Sense 1: Cut and gathered a crop. Sense 2: By figure, received the result or reward of actions.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

you

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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

back

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Sense 1: The rear part; a position or direction behind. Sense 2: A return to a former place or condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

entered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of enter, meaning to go or come in; to penetrate; to become an ingredient or constituent part; to enter the mind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ears

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Plural form of ear. Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

Lord

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1. A title of God or Jesus Christ acknowledging authority and rule. 2. A respectful title or address for one in authority.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5:1GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

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5:2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

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5:3Your 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.

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5:4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

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5:5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

5:6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

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