A Warning to the Rich (Proverbs 23:1–5; 1 Timothy 6:17–19)
1 AKJV Go to now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come on you. BSB BSB: Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
2 AKJV Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. BSB BSB: Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
3 AKJV Your 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. BSB BSB: Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days.
4 AKJV Behold, 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. BSB BSB: Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
5 AKJV You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. BSB BSB: You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.
6 AKJV You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you. BSB BSB: You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
Patience in Suffering (Job 1:1–5)
7 AKJV Be patient therefore, brothers, to the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. BSB BSB: Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
8 AKJV Be you also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draws near. BSB BSB: You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
9 AKJV Grudge not one against another, brothers, lest you be condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door. BSB BSB: Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
10 AKJV Take, my brothers, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. BSB BSB: Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 AKJV Behold, we count them happy which endure. You 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. BSB BSB: See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
12 AKJV But above all things, my brothers, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yes be yes; and your no, no; lest you fall into condemnation. BSB BSB: Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.
The Prayer of Faith 13 AKJV Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. BSB BSB: Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
15 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
16 AKJV Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. BSB BSB: Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
17 AKJV 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. BSB BSB: Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
18 AKJV And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. BSB BSB: Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
Restoring a Sinner 19 AKJV Brothers, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; BSB BSB: My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
20 AKJV Let him know, that he which converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. BSB BSB: consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
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