A Warning to the Rich (Proverbs 23:1–5; 1 Timothy 6:17–19)
1 DBY Go to now, ye rich, weep, howling over your miseries that are coming upon you . BSB BSB: Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
2 DBY Your wealth is become rotten, and your garments moth-eaten. BSB BSB: Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes.
3 DBY Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in 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 DBY Behold, the wages of your labourers, who have harvested your fields, wrongfully kept back by you, cry, and the cries of those that 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 DBY Ye have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye 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 DBY ye have condemned, ye have killed the just; 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 DBY Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive the early and the 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 DBY Ye also have patience: stablish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is drawn nigh. BSB BSB: You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
9 DBY Complain not one against another, brethren, that ye be not judged. 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 DBY Take as an example, brethren, of suffering and having patience, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord. BSB BSB: Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
11 DBY Behold, we call them blessed who have endured. Ye have heard of the endurance of Job, and seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is full of tender compassion and pitiful. 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 DBY But before all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, that ye do not fall under judgment. 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 DBY Does any one among you suffer evil? let him pray. Is any happy? let him sing psalms. BSB BSB: Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
15 DBY and the prayer of faith shall heal the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he be one who has committed sins, it 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 DBY Confess therefore your offences to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The fervent supplication of the righteous man has much power. 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 DBY Elias was a man of like passions to us, and he prayed with prayer that it should not rain; and it did not rain upon the earth 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 DBY and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth caused its fruit to spring forth. BSB BSB: Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth yielded its crops.
Restoring a Sinner 19 DBY My brethren, if any one among you err from the truth, and one bring him back, BSB BSB: My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back,
20 DBY let him know that he that brings back a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall cover 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.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.