CHAPTER 5
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.
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.
You have lived on
earth
in luxury
and
self-indulgence.
You have fattened
your
hearts
in
the day
of slaughter.
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.
Do not
complain
about
one another,
brothers,
so that
you will not be judged.
Look,
the
Judge
is standing
at
the
door!
Brothers,
as an example
of patience
in affliction,
take
the
prophets
who
spoke
in
the
name
of the Lord.
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.
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.
Is any one
of
you
sick?
He should call
the
elders
of the
church
to pray
over
him
and anoint
him
with oil
in
the
name
of the
Lord.
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.
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.
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.
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.