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The Book of James, Chapter 4, Verse 17

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Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.
King James Version
Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon [you].
American Standard Version
Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
New English Translation
Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.
World English Bible
To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn't do it, to him it is sin.
1
Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
2
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
3
Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
4
Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
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Ye have condemned [and] killed the just; [and] he doth not resist you.
6
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
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Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
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Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
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Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
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Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye 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.