James 5
King James Version · 20 verses · 897 cross-references linking it to 433 other chapters
Explore James 5 in the interactive map- 1Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.109 cross-references: Proverbs 11:28, 1 Timothy 6:9–10, Proverbs 11:4, Jeremiah 9:23, Luke 12:16–21
- 2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.17 cross-references: Matthew 6:19–20, Job 13:28, Isaiah 50:9, Luke 12:33, Isaiah 51:8
- 3Your 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.29 cross-references: Romans 2:5, James 5:7–8, Revelation 20:15, Isaiah 2:2, Revelation 21:8
- 4Behold, 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.67 cross-references: Leviticus 19:13, Jeremiah 22:13, Deuteronomy 24:14–15, Romans 9:29, Malachi 3:5
- 5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.42 cross-references: 1 Timothy 5:6, Luke 16:25, Luke 16:19, Amos 6:1, Jeremiah 12:3
- 6Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.36 cross-references: 1 Peter 2:22–23, Acts 8:32, Matthew 5:39, Luke 22:51–53, John 19:9–11
- 7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.75 cross-references: Hebrews 12:1–3, James 5:8–9, Joel 2:23, Galatians 6:9, Deuteronomy 11:14
- 8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.33 cross-references: James 5:9, Galatians 5:22, Psalms 37:7, 1 Peter 4:7, Philippians 4:5
- 9Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.40 cross-references: Leviticus 19:18, 1 Corinthians 4:5, James 4:11, Matthew 24:33, 1 Peter 4:9
- 10Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.27 cross-references: Hebrews 11:32–38, Matthew 5:11–12, Hebrews 13:7, Acts 7:52, Acts 3:21
- 11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.73 cross-references: James 1:12, Job 1:21–22, Exodus 34:6, Isaiah 55:6–7, Matthew 5:10–11
- 12But 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.20 cross-references: Matthew 5:33–37, Matthew 23:16–22, 2 Corinthians 1:17–20, 1 Peter 4:8, 1 Corinthians 11:34
- 13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.50 cross-references: Psalms 50:15, Jonah 2:2, Ephesians 5:19, Acts 16:24–25, Revelation 19:1–6
- 14Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:33 cross-references: Mark 6:13, Acts 28:8, Mark 16:18, 2 Kings 5:11, Acts 14:23
- 15And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.38 cross-references: James 5:13, 1 John 5:14–16, James 5:16, Matthew 21:21–22, James 1:6
- 16Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.123 cross-references: Jeremiah 29:12–13, Proverbs 15:29, Matthew 21:22, Psalms 34:15, John 9:31
- 17Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.27 cross-references: 1 Kings 17:1, Luke 4:25, Revelation 11:6, 1 Kings 18:1, Acts 14:15
- 18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.5 cross-references: 1 Kings 18:42–45, Jeremiah 14:22, 1 Kings 18:18, Acts 14:17
- 19Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;42 cross-references: Galatians 6:1, Matthew 18:15, James 5:20, Jude 1:22–23, Luke 22:32
- 20Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.25 cross-references: 1 Peter 4:8, Proverbs 10:12, 1 Timothy 4:16, Proverbs 11:30, Romans 11:14
Explained connections
- Elijah prayed and it did not rain
Elijah announces a drought to King Ahab. James says Elijah was a man like us who prayed earnestly, and it did not rain for three and a half years — an example of effective prayer.
- The patience of Job
Job blesses God's name after losing everything. James points to Job's endurance and to the outcome God brought, showing the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
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