Thematic Bible




James 5:1 (show verse)

Come now, you rich people! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.

James 5:2 (show verse)

Your wealth is ruined and your clothes are moth-eaten.

James 5:3 (show verse)

Your silver and gold are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up treasure in the last days!

James 5:4 (show verse)

Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who reaped your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

James 5:5 (show verse)

You have lived luxuriously on the land and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.

James 5:6 (show verse)

You have condemned—you have murdered—the righteous man; he does not resist you.

James 5:7 (show verse)

Therefore, brothers, be patient until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and is patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.

James 5:8 (show verse)

You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.

James 5:9 (show verse)

Brothers, do not complain about one another, so that you will not be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door!

James 5:10 (show verse)

Brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name as an example of suffering and patience.

James 5:11 (show verse)

See, we count as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

James 5:12 (show verse)

Now above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. Your “yes” must be “yes,” and your “no” must be “no,” so that you won’t fall under judgment.

James 5:13 (show verse)

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.

James 5:14 (show verse)

Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him after anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.

James 5:15 (show verse)

The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will restore him to health; if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

James 5:16 (show verse)

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.

James 5:17 (show verse)

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours; yet he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land.

James 5:18 (show verse)

Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its fruit.

James 5:19 (show verse)

My brothers, if any among you strays from the truth, and someone turns him back,

James 5:20 (show verse)

let him know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his life from death and cover a multitude of sins.