James 5:1

Woes On The Rich Who Oppress Others

¹ Come now, you rich people! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you. ² Your wealth is ruined and your clothes are moth-eaten.

Listen to Me

Weep And Wail

Proverbs 11:28

Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.

Isaiah 13:6

Wail! For the day of the Lord is near.
It will come like destruction from the Almighty.

James 4:13

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will travel to such and such a city and spend a year there and do business and make a profit.”

Deuteronomy 8:12-14

When you eat and are full, and build beautiful houses to live in,

Deuteronomy 32:15

Then Jeshurun became fat and rebelled—
you became fat, bloated, and gorged.
He abandoned the God who made him
and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

Nehemiah 9:25-26

They captured fortified cities and fertile land
and took possession of well-supplied houses,
cisterns cut out of rock, vineyards,
olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance.
They ate, were filled,
became prosperous, and delighted in Your great goodness.

Job 20:15-29

He swallows wealth but must vomit it up;
God will force it from his stomach.

Psalm 17:14

With Your hand, Lord, save me from men,
from men of the world
whose portion is in this life:
You fill their bellies with what You have in store;
their sons are satisfied,
and they leave their surplus to their children.

Psalm 49:6-20

They trust in their wealth
and boast of their abundant riches.

Psalm 73:3-9

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

Psalm 73:18-20

Indeed, You put them in slippery places;
You make them fall into ruin.

Proverbs 11:4

Wealth is not profitable on a day of wrath,
but righteousness rescues from death.

Ecclesiastes 5:13-14

There is a sickening tragedy I have seen under the sun: wealth kept by its owner to his harm.

Isaiah 22:12-13

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

Jeremiah 4:8

Because of this, put on sackcloth;
mourn and wail,
for the Lord’s burning anger
has not turned away from us.

Jeremiah 9:23

This is what the Lord says:

The wise man must not boast in his wisdom;
the strong man must not boast in his strength;
the wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.

Ezekiel 19:2

and say:

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

Joel 1:5

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep;
wail, all you wine drinkers,
because of the sweet wine,
for it has been taken from your mouth.

Joel 1:11

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

Joel 1:13

Dress in sackcloth and lament, you priests;
wail, you ministers of the altar.
Come and spend the night in sackcloth,
you ministers of my God,
because grain and drink offerings
are withheld from the house of your God.

Amos 6:6-7

They drink wine by the bowlful
and anoint themselves with the finest oils
but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

Micah 6:12

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

Zephaniah 1:18

Their silver and their gold
will not be able to rescue them
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.
The whole earth will be consumed
by the fire of His jealousy.
For He will make a complete,
yes, a horrifying end
of all the inhabitants of the earth.

Zechariah 11:2-3

Wail, cypress, for the cedar has fallen;
the glorious trees are destroyed!
Wail, oaks of Bashan,
for the stately forest has fallen!

Matthew 19:23-24

Then Jesus said to His disciples, “I assure you: It will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!

Luke 6:24-25

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

Luke 12:16-21

Then He told them a parable: “A rich man’s land was very productive.

Luke 16:19-25

“There was a rich man who would dress in purple and fine linen, feasting lavishly every day.

Luke 23:28-29

But turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and your children.

1 Timothy 6:9-10

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.

James 1:11

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will wither away while pursuing his activities.

James 2:6

Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?

James 4:9

Be miserable and mourn and weep. Your laughter must change to mourning and your joy to sorrow.

Revelation 6:15-17

Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the military commanders, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.