James:5
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Go to now ,
ye rich men ,
weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you .
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Your riches are corrupted ,
and your garments are motheaten .
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Your gold and silver is cankered ;
and the rust of them shall be a witness against you ,
and shall eat your flesh as it were fire .
Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days .
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Behold ,
the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields ,
which is of you kept back by fraud ,
crieth :
and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth .
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Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth ,
and been wanton ;
ye have nourished your hearts ,
as in a day of slaughter .
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Ye have condemned and killed the just ;
and he doth not resist you .
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Be patient therefore ,
brethren ,
unto the coming of the Lord .
Behold ,
the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth ,
and hath long patience for it ,
until he receive the early and latter rain .
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Be ye also patient ;
stablish your hearts :
for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh .
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Grudge not one against another ,
brethren ,
lest ye be condemned :
behold ,
the judge standeth before the door .
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Take ,
my brethren ,
the prophets ,
who have spoken in the name of the Lord ,
for an example of suffering affliction ,
and of patience .
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Behold ,
we count them happy which endure .
Ye have heard of the patience of Job ,
and have seen the end of the Lord ;
that the Lord is very pitiful ,
and of tender mercy .
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But above all things ,
my brethren ,
swear not ,
neither by heaven ,
neither by the earth ,
neither by any other oath :
but let your yea be yea ;
and your nay ,
nay ;
lest ye fall into condemnation .
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Is any among you afflicted ?
let him pray .
Is any merry ?
let him sing psalms .
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Is any sick among you ?
let him call for the elders of the church ;
and let them pray over him ,
anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord :
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And the prayer of faith shall save the sick ,
and the Lord shall raise him up ;
and if he have committed sins ,
they shall be forgiven him .
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Confess your faults one to another ,
and pray one for another ,
that ye may be healed .
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much .
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Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are ,
and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain :
and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months .
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And he prayed again ,
and the heaven gave rain ,
and the earth brought forth her fruit .
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Brethren ,
if any of you do err from the truth ,
and one convert him ;
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Let him know ,
that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death ,
and shall hide a multitude of sins .