5Come now, you rich people! Weep and wail over the miseries that are coming on you.G33G3568G4145G2799G3649G1909G5216G5004G19042Your wealth is ruined: your clothes are moth-eaten;G5216G4149G4595G2532G5216G2440G1096G45983your silver and gold are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You stored up treasure in the last days!G5216G5557G2532G696G2728G2532G2447G846G2071G3142G1519G5213G2532G5315G5216G4561G5613G4442G2343G1722G2078G22504Look! The pay that you withheld from the workers who reaped your fields cries out, and the outcry of the harvesters has reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.G2400G3408G2040G3588G270G5216G5561G3588G575G5216G650G2896G2532G995G2325G1525G1519G3775G2962G45195You have lived luxuriously on the land and have indulged yourselves. You have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.G5171G1909G1093G2532G4684G5142G5216G2588G5613G1722G2250G49676You have condemned— you have murdered— the righteous man; he does not resist you.G2613G5407G1342G498G3756G498G5213
Waiting for the Lord
7Therefore, brothers, be patient until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and is patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.G3114G3767G80G2193G3952G2962G2400G1092G1551G5093G2590G1093G3114G1909G846G2193G302G2983G4406G2532G3797G52058You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the Lord's coming is near.G3114G5210G2532G3114G4741G5216G2588G3754G3952G2962G14489Brothers, do not complain about one another, so that you will not be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door!G4727G3361G2596G240G80G3363G2632G2400G2923G2476G4253G237410Brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord's name as an example of suffering and patience.G2983G3450G80G4396G3739G2980G3686G2962G5262G2552G2532G311511See, we count as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job's endurance and have seen the outcome from the Lord: the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.G2400G3106G5278G191G5281G2492G2532G1492G5056G2962G3754G2962G2076G4184G2532G3629
Truthful Speech
12Now above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. Your "yes" must be "yes," and your "no" must be "no," so that you won't fall under judgment.G1161G4253G3956G3450G80G3660G3361G3383G3772G3383G1093G3383G5100G243G3727G1161G2277G5216G3483G2277G3483G2532G3756G3756G3363G4098G1519G5272
Effective Prayer
13Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.G2553G5100G1722G5213G2553G4336G2114G5100G2114G556714Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they should pray over him after anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord.G770G5100G770G1722G5213G4341G4245G1577G2532G4336G1909G846G218G846G1637G1722G3686G296215The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.G2532G2171G4102G4982G2577G2532G2962G1453G846G1453G2579G5600G4160G266G863G84616Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The intense prayer of the righteous is very powerful.G1843G3900G240G2532G2172G240G5228G240G3704G2390G1754G1162G1342G2480G418317Elijah was a man with a nature like ours; yet he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land.G2243G2258G444G3663G2254G2532G4336G4335G1026G3361G1026G2532G1026G3756G1909G1093G5140G1763G2532G1803G337618Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its fruit.G2532G4336G3825G2532G3772G1325G5205G2532G1093G985G846G259019My brothers, if any among you strays from the truth, and someone turns him back,G80G1437G5100G1722G5213G4105G575G225G2532G5100G1994G84620he should know that whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his life from death and cover a multitude of sins.G1097G846G1097G3754G1994G268G1537G4106G846G3598G4982G5590G1537G2288G2532G2572G4128G266