Go to now
, ye rich men
, weep
and howl
for
your
miseries
that shall come upon
you .
Your riches
are corrupted
, and
your
garments
are
motheaten
.
Your 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
.
Behold, 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
.
Ye have lived in pleasure on
the earth
, and
been wanton
; ye have nourished
your
hearts
, as
in
a day
of slaughter
.
Ye have condemned and killed
the just
; and he doth
not
resist
you
.
Be 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
.
Be ye
also
patient
; stablish
your
hearts
: for
the coming
of the Lord
draweth nigh
.
Grudge not
one against another
, brethren
, lest
ye be condemned
: behold
, the judge
standeth
before
the door
.
Take, my
brethren
, the prophets
, who
have spoken
in the name
of the Lord
, for an example
of suffering affliction
, and
of patience
.
Behold, 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
.
But 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
.
Is any
among
you
afflicted
? let him pray
. Is
any
merry
? let him sing psalms
.
Is 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
:
And 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
.
Confess 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
.
Elias 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
.
And he prayed
again
, and
the heaven
gave
rain
, and
the earth
brought forth
her
fruit
.
Brethren, if
any
of
you
do err
from
the truth
, and
one
convert
him
;
Let 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
.