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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>James 5 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/james/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/james/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AMP</a> > James 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../james/4.htm" title="James 4">◄</a> James 5 <a href="../1_peter/1.htm" title="1 Peter 1">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/james/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Misuse of Riches</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Come [quickly] now, you rich [who lack true faith and hoard and misuse your resources], weep and howl over the miseries [the woes, the judgments] that are coming upon you. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Your wealth has rotted <i>and</i> is ruined and your [fine] clothes have become moth-eaten. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Your gold and silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. You have stored up your treasure in the last days [when it will do you no good]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>the Lord of Sabaoth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>On the earth you have lived luxuriously <i>and</i> abandoned yourselves to soft living and led a life of wanton pleasure [self-indulgence, self-gratification]; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You have condemned and have put to death the righteous <i>man;</i> he offers you no resistance. <p class="hdg">Exhortation</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So wait patiently, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits [expectantly] for the precious harvest from the land, being patient about it, until it receives the early and late rains. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You too, be patient; strengthen your hearts [keep them energized and firmly committed to God], because the coming of the Lord is near. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Do not complain against one another, believers, so that you will not be judged [for it]. Look! The Judge is standing <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>right at the door. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>As an example, brothers and sisters, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord [as His messengers and representatives]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>You know we call those blessed [happy, spiritually prosperous, favored by God] who were steadfast <i>and</i> endured [difficult circumstances]. You have heard of the <i>patient</i> endurance of Job and you have seen the Lord’s outcome [how He richly blessed Job]. The Lord is full of compassion and is merciful. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But above all, my fellow believers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but let your yes be [a truthful] yes, and your no be [a truthful] no, so that you may not fall under judgment. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Is anyone among you suffering? He must pray. Is anyone joyful? He is to sing praises [to God]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Is anyone among you sick? He must call for the elders (spiritual leaders) of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>oil in the name of the Lord; <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and the prayer of faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore, confess your sins to one another [your false steps, your offenses], and pray for one another, that you may be healed <i>and</i> restored. The heartfelt <i>and</i> persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer) is able to accomplish much [when put into action and made effective by God--it is dynamic and can have tremendous power]. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Elijah was a man with a nature like ours [with the same physical, mental, and spiritual limitations and shortcomings], and he prayed <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>intensely for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land produced its crops [as usual]. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you strays from the truth <i>and</i> falls into error and [another] one turns him back [to God], <span class="reftext"><a href="/james/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>let the [latter] one know that the one who has turned a sinner from the error of his way will save that one’s soul from death and cover a multitude of sins [that is, obtain the pardon of the many sins committed by the one who has been restored].<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> The LORD of Hosts; Sovereign God; LORD of the armies of heaven and earth.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>before</i>.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> The oil symbolizes the presence of God.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>with prayer,</i> an idiom of emphasis derived from Hebrew.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../james/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="James 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="James 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_peter/1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Peter 1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Peter 1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>