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          DASV: James 5    

1 Come now, you rich, weep and mourn for the trouble coming
your way.
2 Your riches have rotted and your clothes are moth-eaten.
3 Your gold and silver are corroded, and this corrosion
will be proof against you. It will devour your flesh like
fire.
4 Look, the payment you kept from the workers who plowed
your fields by fraud, cries out against you. The cries of
the workers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.
5 You have lived in luxury and self-indulgence on earth,
you have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
6 You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous who did
not resist you.

7 Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the Lord’s coming.
Look at how the farmer waits for the earth’s fruit, being
patient until it receives the early and latter rains.
8 You also should be patient, strengthen your hearts for
the Lord’s coming is near.
9 Do not grumble against each other, brothers, so that
you will not be judged. Look, the judge stands at the door.
10 Brothers, take as an example the suffering and patience
of the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 Look, we consider those who stood firm blessed. You
have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the
purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is full of compassion and
mercy.
12 But above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven
or by earth, or by
any other oath. But let your “yes” mean yes and your “no”
mean no, so that you will not be judged for it.

13 Is anyone suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful?
Let him sing praises.
14 Is anyone sick? Let him call for the elders of the
church and have them pray over him, anointing him with
oil in the name of the Lord.
15 A prayer of faith will save the sick and the Lord will
raise him up; and if
he has committed sins he will be forgiven.
16 Therefore, confess your sins to each other, and pray
for each other, that you may be healed. The prayer of the
righteous is powerful and effective.
17 Elijah was a person like us. He prayed fervently for
it not to rain and it did not rain on earth for three
years and six months.
18 He prayed again, and the heaven gave rain and the earth
produced fruit.
19 My brothers, if any of you wanders from the truth
and someone turns him back,
20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from his
wandering ways will save his
soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.

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