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James 5:1-6

Warning to the Rich Who Oppress

September 26, 2027

The Parable of the Rich Fool, Rembrandt van Rijn
The Parable of the Rich Fool, Rembrandt van Rijn, 1627Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
An old man alone at night behind a wall of ledgers, holding a coin up to a single candle to read its value.Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. You have laid up treasure for the last days.Rembrandt van RijnRembrandt at twenty-one, lighting the whole room from the thing the man is counting.Gemäldegalerie, BerlinThe Gemäldegalerie, Berlin.Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
Roman Lectionary
GospelMark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48
Second ReadingJas. 5:1-6Jas 5:1-6
First ReadingNum. 11:25-29Nm 11:25-29
Responsorial PsalmPs. 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14 (9a)Ps 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14 (9a)

Overview & Insights

"Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud, are crying out." (James 5:4)

James pronounces judgment on the rich who have hoarded wealth while defrauding their workers of their wages. Their gold and silver have corroded as a witness against them, for they have lived in self-indulgent luxury and condemned the righteous while the cries of the harvesters reach the ears of the Lord.

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Commentary

James 5: Warning to the Rich OppressorsJas 5: Warning to the Rich Oppressors Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse by verse evangelical commentary on the judgment against hoarded wealth and withheld wages.

James 5 CommentaryJas 5 Commentary Precept Austin

A deep gathering of word studies and cross references worked verse by verse.

James 5:1 CommentariesJas 5:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries on the woe against the unjust rich in one place.

James 5, Expository NotesJas 5, Expository Notes StudyLight

Thomas Constable's expository notes on wealth, injustice, and coming judgment.

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) Agape Bible Study

A Catholic study of the day's readings, reading James' woe to the rich alongside the Gospel's warnings.

Background & Word Study

Book of James OverviewBook of Jas Overview BibleProject

An animated overview of James and its call to a faith active in justice.

James 5:1 Greek InterlinearJas 5:1 Greek Interlinear BibleHub

Greek word by word with parsing for the woe against the rich.

The Church Fathers

Catena on James 5Catena on Jas 5 Catena

Patristic comments verse by verse on riches that rust and wages withheld from the poor.

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