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James 5:2 Cross-References
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“Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.”
James 5:2 (KJV)
Commentary on James 5:2
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your riches are corrupted, garments moth-eaten. Wealth decays; luxury wardrobe rots. James emphasizes temporality of hoarded goods.Reformed stewardship teaches that riches unused for kingdom purposes become evidence against us. Decay testifies to misplaced trust.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for James 5:2
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“like a garment that is moth-eaten.”
“and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old”
“the Lord Yahweh will help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Behold”
“and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be forever”
“reserved in Heaven for you”
“so is he who gets riches”
“You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath. Selah.,When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah., בְּתוֹכָחוֹת עַל־עָוֺן יִסַּרְתָּ אִישׁ וַתֶּמֶס כָּעָשׁ חֲמוּדוֹ אַךְ הֶבֶל כָּל־אָדָם סֶלָה׃ ,With rebukes dost Thou chasten man for iniquity, And like a moth Thou makest his beauty to consume away; Surely every man is vanity. Selah,38:12 ἐν ἐλεγμοῖς ὑπὲρ ἀνομίας ἐπαίδευσας ἄνθρωπον καὶ ἐξέτηξας ὡς ἀράχνην τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ πλὴν μάτην ταράσσεται πᾶς ἄνθρωπος διάψαλμα,38:11 Thou chastenest man with rebukes for iniquity, and thou makest his life to consume away like a spider's web; nay, every man is disquieted in vain. Pause.,,,,”
“and to the house of Judah like rottenness.”