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 Parallel

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 Parallel

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 Parallel

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 Parallel

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 Parallel

Amos 3:10 condemns storing up violence and robbery in strongholds — like James' criticism of hoarded treasure that will testify.

1 Peter 1:7 Parallel

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 Parallel

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.