Self-interpreting Bible

James 5

1Wicked rich men are warned of God's impending judgments. 7The brethren are exhorted to patience after the example of the prophets and of Job: 12to abstain from swearing; 13to pray in affliction and sickness, and sing psalms in prosperity: 16to acknowledge mutually their faults, and to pray for one another: 19and to endeavour to reclaim sinners.

1 ^aGO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

a: Pr. 10:15 , Pr. 11:28 , Am. 6:7 , Lu. 6:24 , Ja. 5:6 , Ja. 2:6 , Ja. 4:9 , Ja. 4:13 , Is. 22:12 , Is. 22:13 , 1Ti. 6:9 , 1Ti. 6:10

2 ^bYour riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

b: Je. 17:11 , Mat. 6:19 , Mat. 6:20 , Job 13:28 , Is. 51:8 , Ho. 5:12

3 ^cYour 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 ^dfor the last days.

c: Ps. 21:9 , Is. 30:27 , Is. 33:11 , Ro. 2:5
*: cankered-eaten away with rust.
d: Ja. 5:8 , Ja. 5:9

4 ^eBehold, 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 ^fsabaoth.

e: Le. 19:13 , De. 24:14 , De. 24:15 , Job 24:10 , Job 24:11 , Je. 22:13 , Is. 5:7 , Ex. 22:23 , Ex. 22:27 , Hab. 2:11 , Mal. 3:5
f: Ro. 9:29

5 ^gYe have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in ^ha day of slaughter.

g: Job 21:13 , Ps. 73:7 , Ps. 119:69 , Ps. 119:70 , Ec. 11:9 , Is. 5:11 , Is. 5:12 , Is. 22:13 , Is. 47:8 , Je. 5:8 , Am. 6:4 - 6 , Lu. 16:19 , Lu. 16:25 , 1Ti. 5:6
h: Pr. 7:14 , Pr. 17:1 , Is. 22:13 , Eze. 39:17 , Je. 12:3

6 ⁱYe have condemned and ^jkilled the just; and he doth not resist you.

i: Mat. 23:34 , Mat. 23:37 , Mat. 5:39 , Jn. 16:2 , 1Th. 2:15 , He. 10:32 - 34 , He. 11:36 , He. 11:37 , Ja. 2:6
j: Ja. 4:2

7 ^k¹Be patient therefore, brethren, unto ^lthe coming of the Lord. Behold, the ^*husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive ^mthe early and latter rain.

k: He. 11:36 , He. 12:1 , Ro. 5:3 , Ro. 5:4 , Ro. 8:25 , Ro. 15:4 , Ga. 5:5 , Ga. 6:9 , 2Th. 1:3 , Ja. 5:8
1: Or, Be long patient, or Suffer with long patience.
l: 1Th. 2:19 , 1Pe. 4:7
*: husbandman-farmer.
m: De. 11:14 , Je. 5:24 , Ho. 6:3 , 2:23 , Zec. 10:1

8 ⁿBe ye also patient; ^ostablish your hearts: for ^pthe coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

n: Ja. 5:7 , 1Co. 10:11 , 1Co. 10:12 , Phi. 4:5 , He. 10:25 - 37 , 1Pe. 4:7 , Re. 22:20
o: 1Th. 3:13
p: 1Th. 2:19

9 ²Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: ^qbehold, the judge standeth before the door.

2: Gr. Groan or Grieve not, ch. 4.11. Ga. 5.14,20,26. , Ja. 4:11 , Ga. 5:14 , Ga. 5:20 , Ga. 5:26
q: Mat. 24:33 , 1Co. 10:11 , Phi. 4:5 , Re. 3:20 , Re. 22:12 , Re. 22:20 , Re. 16:15 , 1Pe. 4:5

10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, ^rfor an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

r: Mat. 5:12 , Mat. 23:34 , Mat. 23:37 , He. 11:35 - 38

11 Behold, ^swe count them happy ^twhich endure. ^uYe have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that ^vthe Lord is very ^*pitiful, and of tender mercy.

s: Ja. 1:12 , Da. 12:12 , Mat. 5:10 , Mat. 5:11 , He. 10:36 , He. 11:25 , Ps. 94:12
t: Mat. 10:22
u: Job 1:21 , Job 1:22 , Job 2:10 , Job 42:10 - 12
v: Ps. 103:13 , Is. 63:7 , Is. 63:9 , 2:18 , 2Ch. 30:9 , Ne. 9:17 , Ne. 9:31 , Ps. 103:8 , Ps. 116:5 , Ps. 117:2 , Je. 3:12 , 2:13 , Lu. 6:36 , Nu. 14:18 , Mi. 7:18
*: pitiful-full of pity, compassionate.

12 ^wBut above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

w: Mat. 5:34 - 37 , Mat. 23:16 , Mat. 23:20 , 2Co. 1:17 , 2Co. 1:18 , Ex. 20:7 , De. 5:11

13 ^xIs any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? ^ylet him sing psalms.

x: Ps. 50:15 , Ps. 91:15 , Mat. 26:38 , Mat. 26:39 , 2Ch. 33:12 , 2:2
y: Ep. 5:19 , Col. 3:16 , Col. 3:17

14 Is any sick among you? let him call for ^zthe elders of the church; and let them pray over him, ^aanointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

z: 1Ti. 5:17 , 1Pe. 5:1 , Ac. 11:30
a: Mar. 6:13 , Mar. 16:18 , 1Co. 12:28 , 1Co. 12:30

15 ^bAnd the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and ^cif he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

b: Ps. 50:15 , Ps. 91:15 , Ps. 18:6 , Ps. 34:6 , Ps. 116:8 , Jn. 5:19 , Jn. 9:2 , Jn. 9:3 , 1Co. 11:30 - 32
c: Is. 33:24 , Mat. 9:2 , 1Jn. 5:14

16 ^dConfess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. ^eThe effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

d: Ac. 19:18 , Mat. 18:15 , Mat. 18:16 , 1Ti. 2:1 , Ep. 6:18 - 20
e: Ge. 20:17 , Ge. 32:28 , Ex. 15:25 , Ex. 17:11 , Exodus 32 - 34 , Nu. 11:2 , Nu. 14:20 , De. 9:18 - 20 , 1Sa. 12:18 , 1Ki. 13:6 , 1Ki. 17:20 , 1Ki. 17:21 , 1Ki. 17:22 , 2Ki. 4:4 , 2Ki. 4:33 , 2Ki. 19:15 - 20 , 2Ki. 20:2 - 5 , 2Ch. 14:11 , 2Ch. 14:12 , 2Ch. 32:20 , 2Ch. 32:21 , Ps. 34:15 , Ps. 9:9 , Ps. 9:18 , Pr. 15:29 , Ho. 12:4 , Jn. 9:31 , 1Jn. 3:22 , Mat. 7:7 - 11 , Mat. 21:22 , Is. 45:11 , Da. 2:18 , Ps. 10:17 , Ps. 107:6 , Ps. 107:13 , Ps. 107:28 , Ps. 145:18 , Ps. 145:19 , Je. 15:1 , 2Co. 1:6

17 Elias was a man ^fsubject to like passions as we are, and ^ghe prayed ³earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

f: Ac. 14:15 , Ac. 10:26
g: 1Ki. 17:1 , Re. 11:6
3: Or, in his prayer.

18 And ^hhe prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

h: 1Ki. 18:42 - 45

19 Brethren, ⁱif any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;

i: Mat. 18:15 , Mat. 18:16 , De. 22:1 , De. 22:2 , Le. 19:16 , Le. 19:17

20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way ^jshall save a soul from death, and shall ^khide a multitude of sins.

j: Ro. 11:14 , 1Co. 9:22 , 1Ti. 4:16 , vs. 23
k: Pr. 10:12 , 1Pe. 4:8 , Ps. 32:1