(KJV) James 5¹

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⥃A Warning to the Rich ^{[ Proverbs 23:1–5 † 1 Timothy 6:17–19 ]}

[1] Go² to now, [ye³] rich men, weep⁴ and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you]. [2] Your riches⁵ are corrupted, and your garments⁶ are motheaten. [3] Your gold and silver is cankered⁷; and the rust of them shall be a witness⁸ against you, and shall⁹ eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have¹⁰ heaped treasure together for the last¹¹ days. [4] Behold, the hire¹² of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries¹³ of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord¹⁴ of sabaoth. [5] Ye have lived¹⁵ in pleasure on the earth, and been¹⁶ wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in¹⁷ a day of slaughter. [6] Ye have¹⁸ condemned [and] killed the just; [and] he¹⁹ doth not resist you.

⥃Patience in Suffering ^{[ Job 1:1–5 ]}

[7] Be patient²⁰ therefore, brethren, unto²¹ the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until²² he receive the early and latter rain. [8] Be ye also²³ patient; stablish²⁴ your hearts: for²⁵ the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. [9] Grudge not²⁶ one against another, brethren, lest²⁷ ye be condemned: behold, the judge²⁸ standeth before the door. [10] Take, my brethren, the prophets, who²⁹ have spoken in the name of the Lord, for³⁰ an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. [11] Behold, we count³¹ them happy which endure. Ye³² have heard of the patience of Job, and have³³ seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is³⁴ very pitiful, and of tender mercy. [12] But above³⁵ all things, my brethren, swear not³⁶, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but³⁷ let your yea be yea; and [your] nay, nay; lest³⁸ ye fall into condemnation.

⥃The Prayer of Faith

[13] Is any among³⁹ you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry⁴⁰? let him sing⁴¹ psalms. [14] Is any sick among you? let him call for⁴² the elders of the church; and let them pray⁴³ over him, anointing⁴⁴ him with oil in the name of the Lord: [15] And the prayer⁴⁵ of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he⁴⁶ have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. [16] Confess⁴⁷ [your] faults one to another, and pray⁴⁸ one for another, that⁴⁹ ye may be healed. The effectual⁵⁰ fervent prayer of a righteous⁵¹ man availeth much. [17] Elias⁵² was a man subject⁵³ to like passions as we are, and he⁵⁴ prayed earnestly⁵⁵ that it might not rain: and it rained not⁵⁶ on the earth by the space of three years and six months. [18] And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.⁵⁷

⥃Restoring a Sinner

[19] Brethren, if any of you do err⁵⁸ from the truth, and one⁵⁹ convert him; [20] Let him know, that he⁶⁰ which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save⁶¹ a soul from death⁶², and shall hide⁶³ a multitude of sins.