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James 5:1 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon "
James 5:1
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Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
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James 5:2
"Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten."
James 5:3
"Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days."
James 5:4
"Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth."
James 5:5
"Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter."
James 5:6
"Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you."
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