Go to now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come on you. Treasury of Scripture Go. See on ch. James 4:13 Go to now, you that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: ye. James 1:11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it wither the grass, and the flower thereof falls... James 2:6 But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? Deuteronomy 8:12-14 Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and dwelled therein... Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: you are waxen fat, you are grown thick, you are covered with fatness... Nehemiah 9:25,26 And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells dig, vineyards, and olive groves... Job 20:15-29 He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly... Psalm 17:14 From men which are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life... Psalm 49:6-20 They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches... Psalm 73:3-9,18-20 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked... Proverbs 11:4,28 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death... Ecclesiastes 5:13,14 There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt... Jeremiah 9:23 Thus said the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might... Micah 6:12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies... Zephaniah 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath... Matthew 19:23,24 Then said Jesus to his disciples, Truly I say to you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven... Luke 6:24 But woe to you that are rich! for you have received your consolation. Luke 12:16-21 And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully... Luke 16:19-25 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day... 1 Timothy 6:9,10 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts... Revelation 6:15-17 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every slave... weep. James 4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Isaiah 13:6 Howl you; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. Isaiah 22:12,13 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth... Jeremiah 4:8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. Ezekiel 19:2 And say, What is your mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. Joel 1:5,11,13 Awake, you drunkards, and weep; and howl, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth... Amos 6:6,7 That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph... Zechariah 11:2,3 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O you oaks of Bashan... Luke 6:25 Woe to you that are full! for you shall hunger. Woe to you that laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep. Luke 23:28,29 But Jesus turning to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children...
Context Misuse of Riches
1Go to now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come on you. 2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. 3Your gold and silver is corroded; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. You have heaped treasure together for the last days. 4Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, cries: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. 5You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you.
Darby Bible Translation
Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you.
King James Bible
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
Young's Literal Translation
Go, now, ye rich! weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you;
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