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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 NIV</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" /></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="../">NIV</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 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">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/james/5.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Warning to Rich Oppressors</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming on you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or yourselves as in a day of feasting">a</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.</p> <p class="sectionhead">Patience in Suffering</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Don’t grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear—not by heaven or by earth or by anything else. All you need to say is a simple “Yes” or “No.” Otherwise you will be condemned.</p> <p class="sectionhead">The Prayer of Faith</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Elijah was a human being, even as we are. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/james/5-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>yourselves as in a day of feasting</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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