A Warning to the Rich
(Proverbs 23:1–5; 1 Timothy 6:17–19)
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. Pro 11:281Ti 6:9-10Pro 11:4Jas 1:11Jer 9:23Luk 12:16-21Luk 6:24-25Luk 16:19-25 Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. Mat 6:19-20Job 13:28Luk 12:33Isa 50:9Isa 51:81Pe 1:4Jer 17:11Psa 39:11 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. Rom 2:5Jas 5:7-8Rev 21:8Isa 2:2Rev 20:152Pe 3:32Ti 2:17Deu 32:33-34
You have hoarded treasure in the last days. Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts. Lev 19:13Jer 22:13Deu 24:14-15Rom 9:29Mal 3:5Job 24:10-11Exo 22:27Exo 3:9
You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter. 1Ti 5:6Luk 16:25Luk 16:19Amo 6:1Jer 12:3Rev 19:17-181Sa 25:36Isa 22:13 You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you. 1Pe 2:22-23Jhn 19:9-11Act 8:32Isa 53:7Luk 22:51-53Mat 5:391Th 2:15-16Act 2:22-23
Patience in Suffering
(Job 1:1–5)
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains. 1 Heb 12:1-3Jas 5:8-9Jol 2:23Gal 6:9Deu 11:14Col 1:112Co 6:4-5Rom 2:7 You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near. Gal 5:22Jas 5:9Psa 37:71Pe 4:7Psa 27:14Php 4:51Th 3:13Lam 3:25-26 Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door! Lev 19:181Co 4:5Jas 4:11Mat 24:33Gal 5:14Mat 6:14-151Pe 4:9Gen 4:7
Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Heb 11:32-38Mat 5:11-12Heb 13:71Th 2:14-15Act 7:52Act 3:21Luk 6:232Ch 36:16 See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy. Jas 1:12Exo 34:6Job 1:21-22Isa 55:6-7Mat 10:22Mat 5:10-11Job 2:10Job 42:10-17
Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment. Mat 5:33-37Mat 23:16-222Co 1:17-201Pe 4:8Jas 3:1-21Co 11:343Jn 1:2
The Prayer of Faith
Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises. Psa 50:15Jon 2:2Eph 5:19Act 16:24-25Heb 5:7Rev 19:1-6Rev 5:9-14Hos 6:1 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. Mrk 6:13Act 28:8Mrk 16:182Ki 4:332Ki 5:11Act 9:40Act 14:23Act 15:4 And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. 1Jn 5:14-16Jas 5:13Jas 5:16Mat 21:21-22Jas 1:6Mat 17:20Mrk 2:5-11Isa 33:24
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail. Jer 29:12-13Pro 15:29Mat 21:22Psa 34:15Jhn 9:31Psa 145:18-19Jer 33:31Pe 2:24 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. 1Ki 17:1Luk 4:251Ki 18:1Rev 11:6Act 14:15Act 10:26Rom 11:2 Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops. 1Ki 18:42-45Jer 14:221Ki 18:18Act 14:17
Restoring a Sinner
My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, Gal 6:1Mat 18:15Jas 5:20Jud 1:22-23Luk 22:32Ezk 34:162Pe 3:171Ti 6:10 consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins. 1Pe 4:8Pro 10:121Ti 4:16Pro 11:30Jas 5:19Rom 11:141Co 9:22Jas 1:15