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James 5:1-3 KJV
James · chapter 5 · verses 1–3 · King James Version
1Go 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.James 5:1-3 · King James Version
James 5:1-3 in context
1Go 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.
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.
5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
Cross references
- Proverbs 11:28
- 1 Timothy 6:9-10
- Proverbs 11:4
- James 1:11
- Luke 6:24-25
- Jeremiah 9:23
- Luke 12:16-21
- Matthew 6:19-20
- Job 13:28
- Romans 2:5
Key words (Strong's)
- corruptedsēpōto make corrupt, to destroy, to become corrupt, corrupted, rottenG4595 →
- miseriestalaipōriahardship, trouble, calamity, miseryG5004 →
- garmentshimationa garment , garmentsG2440 →
- cankeredkatioōto rust over, cover with rustG2728 →
- togetherthēsaurizōto gather and lay up, to heap up, store up, to accumulate riches, to keep in store, store…G2343 →
- witnessmartyriontestimonyG3142 →
- againsteisinto, unto, to, towards, for, amongG1519 →
- richesploutosriches, wealth, abundance of external possessions, fulness, abundance, plenitude, a goodG4149 →
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