James 5:1
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
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Cross references
- Proverbs 11:28 He who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like foliage.
- 1 Timothy 6:9–10 Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
- Proverbs 11:4 Riches are worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.