James 5:1-9 ▼

1 As for you that are rich: weep, and lament the miserys that are falling upon you.

2 your wealth is wasted, your wardrobe is devour'd by the worm,

3 and your gold and silver by rust: that rust shall convict you: that rust shall corrode your flesh like a caustic, which you have treasur'd up against the last days.

4 hark! what a noise there is of hire, of which you cheated the labourers, who gather'd in your harvest! the cries of the reapers have reach'd even the Lord of the celestial militia.

5 you have liv'd on the earth in voluptuousness and luxury: you have indulg'd your selves as in a day of sacrifice:

6 you have condemn'd the just, you have put him to death, though he did not oppose you.

7 As for you, my brethren, bear your sufferings with constancy, till the advent of the Lord, the farmer, from the prospect of a golden crop, patiently expects the showers of the spring and the autumn.

8 be you equally patient, and exercise your fortitude, for the advent of the Lord is nigh.

9 don't repine, my brethren, against one another, for fear you should be condemn'd, behold, the judge is at the gate.