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James 5:3–4

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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 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 5:3

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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.

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

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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.

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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

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eat

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

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flesh

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

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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.

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fire

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

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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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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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

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

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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