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James 5:2-7

2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.

3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days.

4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.

5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.

6 You have condemned and murdered innocent men, who were not opposing you.

7 Patience in Suffering
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains.

Cross References for James 5:2-7

Judges 14:12 - “Let me tell you a riddle,” Samson said to them. “If you can give me the answer within the seve... Click to read the verse Judges 14:12 Click to read the verse Judges 14:12

1 Peter 1:4 - and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you, Click to read the verse 1 Peter 1:4 Click to read the verse 1 Peter 1:4

Luke 12:33 - Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear ou... Click to read the verse Luke 12:33 Click to read the verse Luke 12:33

Matthew 6:19-20 - Treasures in Heaven “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust des... Click to read the verse Matthew 6:19-20 Click to read the verse Matthew 6:19-20

Jeremiah 17:11 - Like a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay is the man who gains riches by unjust means. ... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 17:11 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 17:11

Psalms 39:11 - You rebuke and discipline men for their sin; you consume their wealth like a moth— each man is ... Click to read the verse Psalms 39:11 Click to read the verse Psalms 39:11

Job 13:28 - “So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths. Click to read the verse Job 13:28 Click to read the verse Job 13:28

Hosea 5:12 - I am like a moth to Ephraim, like rot to the people of Judah. Click to read the verse Hosea 5:12 Click to read the verse Hosea 5:12

Job 27:16 - Though he heaps up silver like dust and clothes like piles of clay, Click to read the verse Job 27:16 Click to read the verse Job 27:16

Isaiah 51:8 - For the moth will eat them up like a garment; the worm will devour them like wool. But my right... Click to read the verse Isaiah 51:8 Click to read the verse Isaiah 51:8

Isaiah 50:9 - It is the Sovereign Lord who helps me. Who is he that will condemn me? They will all wear out l... Click to read the verse Isaiah 50:9 Click to read the verse Isaiah 50:9

James 2:2 - Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in s... Click to read the verse James 2:2 Click to read the verse James 2:2