James 5:3
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.
Cross-references
Joshua 24:27 describes a stone as a witness against Israel. James says corroded wealth will testify against the rich—both use an object as a witness against people.
Romans 2:5 uses the same 'storing up' imagery for judgment—storing wrath parallels James's corroded treasure that testifies against the rich.
Psalm 39:6 underscores the futility of heaping up wealth, asking who will gather it — directly echoes James' 'laid up treasure in the last days'.
Jeremiah 17:11 compares unjust gain to a partridge's brood that leaves — similar warning that ill-gotten wealth abandons its owner in the end.
Habakkuk 2:11 says the stone and beam cry out against ill-gotten gain — directly parallels James' corroded metals bearing witness.
Acts 8:20 has Peter curse silver to perish with Simon — a direct parallel to James' warning that corroded wealth destroys its hoarder.
Job 16:8 says his shriveled state witnesses against him. James says corrosion of wealth testifies—both use physical deterioration as testimony.
Amos 3:10 condemns storing up violence and robbery in strongholds — like James' criticism of hoarded treasure that will testify.
1 Peter 1:7 contrasts perishable gold with tested faith — highlights the futility of trusting in gold that perishes, similar to James' corrosion.
Deuteronomy 32:34 says God has stored up judgment in His treasuries. James says hoarded wealth stores up testimony—parallel of stored things leading to judgment.
Job 36:19 notes that riches cannot save in distress — mirroring James' point that corroded wealth witnesses against the hoarder.
Zechariah 5:4 describes a curse consuming the house of the thief — similar to James' corrosion eating flesh like fire, though focus on oath-breaking.