Jam 5 | ISV | STEP | Advice for Rich People Now listen, you rich people! Cry and moan over the miseries that are overtaking you.

James 5

1 Advice for Rich People

Now listen, you rich people! Cry and moan over the miseries that are overtaking you.Prov 11:28; Luke 6:24; 1Tim 6:9 2 Your riches are rotten, your clothes have been eaten by moths,Job 13:28; Matt 6:20; James 2:2 3 your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be used as evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasures in these last days.Rom 2:5 4 Look! The wages that you kept back from the workers who harvested your fields are shouting out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.Lev 19:13; Deut 24:15; Job 24:10-11; Jer 22:13; Mal 3:5 5 You have lived in luxury and pleasure on earth. You have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.Job 21:13; Amos 6:1, 4; Luke 16:19, 25; 1Tim 5:6 6 You have condemned and murdered the one who is righteous, even though he did not resist you.James 2:6

7 Be PatientSo be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious crop from his land, being patient with it until it receives the fall and the spring rains.Deut 11:14; Jer 5:24; Hos 6:3; Joel 2:23; Zech 10:1 8 You, too, must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the coming of the Lord is near.Phil 4:5; Heb 10:25, 37; 1Pet 4:7 9 Do not complain about each other, brothers, or you will be condemned. Look! The Judge is standing at the door!Matt 24:33; 1Cor 4:5; James 4:11

10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.Matt 5:12; Heb 11:35 11 We consider those who endured to be blessed. You have heard about Job's endurance and have seen the purpose of the Lord—that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.Num 14:18; Job 1:21-22; 2:10; 42:10; Ps 94:12; 103:8; Matt 5:10-11; 10:22

12 Do Not Swear OathsAbove all, brothers, do not swear oaths by heaven, by earth, or by any other object. ^{▼▼Lit. oath} Instead, let your “Yes” mean yes and your “No” mean no, lest you fall under condemnation.Matt 5:34

13 The Power of PrayerIs anyone of you suffering? He should keep on praying. Is anyone cheerful? He should keep on singing psalms.Eph 5:19; Col 3:16 14 Is anyone of you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.Mark 6:13; 16:18 15 And the prayer offered in faith ^{▼▼Lit. the prayer of faith} will save the person who is sick. The Lord will raise him up, ^{▼▼Lit. will raise him up} and if he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.Isa 33:24; Matt 9:2

16 Therefore, make it your habit to confess your sins to one another and to pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.Gen 20:17; Num 11:2; Deut 9:18-20; Josh 10:12; 1Sam 12:18; 1Kings 13:6; 2Kings 4:33; Ps 10:17; 34:15; 145:18; Prov 15:29; 28:9; John 9:31; 1John 3:22 17 Elijah was a man just like us, and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the ground for three years and six months.1Kings 17:1; Luke 4:25; Acts 14:15 18 Then he prayed again, and heaven sent rain, and the ground produced its crops.1Kings 18:42, 45

19 My brothers, if one of you wanders away from the truth and somebody brings him back,Matt 18:15 20 you may be sure that whoever brings a sinner back from his wrong path will save his soul from death and cover a multitude of sins.Prov 10:12; Rom 11:14; 1Cor 9:22; 1Tim 4:16; 1Pet 4:8