James 5:1

Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

Cross References (34)

  • Proverbs 11:28 (19)

    He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.

  • 1 Timothy 6:9–10 (18)

    Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that pl

  • Proverbs 11:4 (11)

    Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.

  • Jeremiah 9:23 (10)

    This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealt

  • Luke 6:24–25 (10)

    But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.

  • James 1:11 (10)

    For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich m

  • Luke 12:16–21 (10)

    Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.

  • Luke 16:19–25 (9)

    Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.

  • Matthew 19:23–24 (8)

    Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

  • Micah 6:12 (7)

    For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mou

  • Psalms 73:3–9 (6)

    For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • Zephaniah 1:18 (5)

    Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be

  • Isaiah 13:6 (5)

    Wail, for the Day of the LORD is near; it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

  • Nehemiah 9:25–26 (4)

    They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive g

  • James 2:6 (4)

    But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?

  • James 4:13 (4)

    Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and ma

  • Revelation 6:15–17 (4)

    Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the c

  • Joel 1:11 (4)

    Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.

  • Psalms 73:18–20 (4)

    Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

  • Job 20:15–29 (4)

    He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

  • Deuteronomy 32:15 (4)

    But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Ro

  • Ecclesiastes 5:13–14 (3)

    There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

  • Joel 1:5 (3)

    Wake up, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it has been cut off fro

  • Jeremiah 4:8 (3)

    So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”

  • Zechariah 11:2–3 (3)

    Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest h

  • Ezekiel 19:2 (3)

    and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.

  • Psalms 49:6–20 (3)

    They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.

  • Isaiah 22:12–13 (3)

    On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

  • Amos 6:6–7 (3)

    You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph

  • Deuteronomy 8:12–14 (2)

    Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,

  • James 4:9 (2)

    Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

  • Luke 23:28–29 (2)

    But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your chi

  • Joel 1:13 (2)

    Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers

  • Psalms 17:14 (2)

    from such men, O LORD, by Your hand—from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of You