James 4:13–5:6

^13aCome now, you who say, “^bToday or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.”

¹⁴¹Yet you do not know ²what your life will be like tomorrow. ^aYou are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

¹⁵¹Instead, you ought to say, “^aIf the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that.”

¹⁶But as it is, you boast in your ¹arrogance; ^aall such boasting is evil.

¹⁷Therefore, ^ato one who knows the ¹right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin.

Chapter 5

Misuse of Riches

^1aCome now, ^byou rich, ^cweep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.

^2aYour riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten.

³Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is ^ain the last days that you have stored up your treasure!

⁴Behold, ^athe pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and ^bthe outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of ^cthe Lord of ¹Sabaoth.

⁵You have ^alived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have ¹fattened your hearts in ^ba day of slaughter.

⁶You have condemned and ^1aput to death ^bthe righteous man; he does not resist you.