1 AJames 4:13Come now, BLuke 6:24; 1 Tim 6:9you rich, CIs 13:6; 15:3; Ezek 30:2weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. 2 AJob 13:28; Is 50:9; Matt 6:19fYour riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. 3 Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is AJames 5:7, 8in the last days that you have stored up your treasure! 4 Behold, ALev 19:13; Job 24:10f; Jer 22:13; Mal 3:5the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and BEx 2:23; Deut 24:15; Job 31:38fthe outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of CRom 9:29; Is 5:9the Lord of 1I.e. HostsSabaoth. 5 You have AEzek 16:49; Luke 16:19; 1 Tim 5:6; 2 Pet 2:13lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have 1Lit nourishedfattened your hearts in BJer 12:3; 25:34a day of slaughter. 6 You have condemned and 1Or murderedAJames 4:2put to death BHeb 10:38; 1 Pet 4:18the righteous man; he does not resist you.

7 Therefore be patient, AJames 4:11; 5:9, 10brethren, BJohn 21:22; 1 Thess 2:19until the coming of the Lord. CGal 6:9The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until 1Or heit gets DDeut 11:14; Jer 5:24; Joel 2:23the early and late rains. 8 ALuke 21:19You too be patient; B1 Thess 3:13strengthen your hearts, for CJohn 21:22; 1 Thess 2:19the coming of the Lord is DRom 13:11, 12; 1 Pet 4:7near. 9 AJames 4:11Do not 1Lit groancomplain, BJames 5:7, 10brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, C1 Cor 4:5; James 4:12; 1 Pet 4:5the Judge is standing 2Lit beforeDMatt 24:33; Mark 13:29right at the 3Lit doorsdoor. 10 As an example, AJames 4:11; 5:7, 9brethren, of suffering and patience, take BMatt 5:12the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 We count those AMatt 5:10; 1 Pet 3:14blessed who endured. You have heard of BJob 1:21f; 2:10the 1Or steadfastnessendurance of Job and have seen CJob 42:10, 12the 2Lit end of the Lordoutcome of the Lord’s dealings, that DEx 34:6; Ps 103:8the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful.

12 But above all, AJames 1:16my brethren, BMatt 5:34-37do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but 1Lit yours is to be yes, yes, and no, noyour yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

13 Is anyone among you AJames 5:10suffering? BPs 50:15Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to C1 Cor 14:15; Col 3:16sing praises. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for AActs 11:30the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, 1Lit having anointedBMark 6:13; 16:18anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; 15 and the AJames 1:6prayer 1Lit ofoffered in faith will 2Or saveB1 Cor 1:21; James 5:20restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will CJohn 6:39; 2 Cor 4:14raise him up, and if he has committed sins, 3Lit itthey will be forgiven him. 16 Therefore, AMatt 3:6; Mark 1:5; Acts 19:18confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be BHeb 12:13; 1 Pet 2:24healed. CGen 18:23-32; John 9:31The effective 1Lit supplicationprayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. 17 Elijah was AActs 14:15a man with a nature like ours, and B1 Kin 17:1; 18:1he prayed 1Lit with prayerearnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for CLuke 4:25three years and six months. 18 Then he A1 Kin 18:42prayed again, and B1 Kin 18:45the 1Lit heavensky 2Lit gavepoured rain and the earth produced its fruit.

19 My brethren, AMatt 18:15; Gal 6:1if any among you strays from BJames 3:14the truth and one turns him back, 20 let him know that 1Lit he who has turnedhe who turns a sinner from the error of his way will ARom 11:14; 1 Cor 1:21; James 1:21save his soul from death and will BProv 10:12; 1 Pet 4:8cover a multitude of sins.