James:5

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* Listen now , you rich , weep and howl at your miseries which are coming upon you ! * Your riches have decayed , and your garments have become moth-eaten . * Your gold and silver have become corroded , and their poison will be a witness against you and will eat your flesh like fire . You stored up treasure in the last days . * Indeed , the wages of the laborers who reaped your fields , which were kept back by you , cry out , and the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of Hosts . * You lived luxuriously upon the earth and you lived riotously , you nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter . * You have condemned ; you have murdered the just [. ]He does not resist you . * Therefore be patient , brothers , until the coming of the Lord . See how the farmer awaits for the precious fruit of the earth , being patient for it , until it receives the early and late rain . * You also be patient . Establish your hearts , because the coming of the Lord has drawn near . * Do not murmur against one another , brothers , lest you be judged . Behold , the Judge stands before the doors ! * My brothers , take the prophets , who spoke in the name of the Lord , as an example of evil suffering and of longsuffering . * Indeed we count those blessed who endure . You have heard of the patience of Job , and you saw the end of the Lord-that He is compassionate and He is merciful . * But above all , my brothers , do not swear , neither by heaven nor the earth , nor any other oath . But let your "Yes "be "Yes ,"and [your ] "No ,""No ,"so that you may not fall into hypocrisy . * Does anyone among you suffer misfortune ? Let him pray . Is anyone cheerful ? Let him sing praises . * Is anyone among you sick ? Let him call on the elders of the church , and let them pray over him , anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord . * And the prayer of faith will save the [one ]who is sick , and the Lord will raise him up . And if he has committed sins , it will be forgiven him . * Confess your transgressions to one another , and pray for one another , so that you may be healed . The effective prayer of the righteous is very powerful . * Elijah was a man of similar nature to us , and with a prayer , he prayed earnestly for it not to rain , and it did not rain upon the land for three years and six months . * And again he prayed , and the heaven gave rain , and the earth produced its fruit . * Brothers , if anyone among you wanders away from the truth , and anyone turns him back , * let him know that he who turns a sinner back from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins .

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