James 5:1-8 Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.

BBE⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you. ² Your wealth is unclean and insects have made holes in your clothing. ³ Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days. ⁴ See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies. ⁵ You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction. ⁶ You have given your decision against the upright man and have put him to death. He puts up no fight against you. ⁷ Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come. ⁸ Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.