James 5:1

James warns the unjust rich to weep over the misery coming upon them. Wealth gained and used wickedly invites God's judgment.

Cross-references · 34

• Prov 11:28He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
• 1 Tim 6:9–10Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
• Prov 11:4Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
• Luke 12:16–21Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
• Jer 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
• Jas 1:11For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
• Luke 6:24–25But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
• Luke 16:19–25Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
• Matt 19:23–24Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
• Mic 6:12For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
• Ps 73:3–9For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
• Isa 13:6Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
• Zeph 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
• Rev 6:15–17Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.
• Joel 1:11Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.
• Jas 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
• Neh 9:25–26They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat and delighted in Your great goodness.
• Jas 4:13Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”
• Deut 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
• Ps 73:18–20Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
• Job 20:15–29He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.
• Eccl 5:13–14There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,
• Jer 4:8So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
• Ps 49:6–20They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
• Joel 1:5Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off from your mouth.
• Zech 11:2–3Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!
• Isa 22:12–13On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
• Amos 6:6–7You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
• Ezek 19:2and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
• Jas 4:9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
• Luke 23:28–29But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
• Ps 17:14from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
• Joel 1:13Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
• Deut 8:12–14Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,

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