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Woe to the Rich

Come now, you who are rich, weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are going to come upon you. Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have stored up treasure in these last days. Listen, the wages that you failed to pay the workers who reaped your fields are crying out! And the cries of the harvesters have entered the ears of the Lord of Armies. You have lived for pleasure on the earth and led a life of luxury. You have fattened your hearts on the day of slaughter. You condemned and murdered the Righteous One.[a] Does he not oppose you?[b]

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:6 Or the righteous one; for Righteous One, see Acts 3:14; 7:52; 22:14; 1 John 2:1.
  2. James 5:6 Or He does not oppose you; or He does not try to stop you.