James 5:5

Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

Cross-references

In Job 21:11-15, the wicked enjoy life and reject God, fattening themselves without concern for judgment, directly paralleling James' rebuke.

Revelation 19:18 specifies the judgment feast's victims — kings and all flesh — deepening the slaughter metaphor James uses.

Revelation 19:17 calls birds to the great supper of God — reinforcing James's slaughter imagery with a final judgment feast.

Revelation 18:7 shows Babylon boasting in luxury then receiving torment – parallel to James' warning that luxury precedes God's judgment.

Luke 16:25 Parallel

Luke 16:25 shows the rich man receiving good things then suffering – reinforcing James' 'day of slaughter' judgment on the wealthy.

Luke 16:19 Parallel

Luke 16:19 introduces the rich man who lived in luxury daily – a vivid example of the self-indulgent lifestyle James condemns.

Amos 6:4-6 describes luxurious feasting and ignoring the needy – directly mirroring James' 'luxury and self-indulgence' and coming judgment.

Ezekiel 39:17 describes a sacrificial feast for birds — the same judgment imagery as James's 'fattened hearts in a day of slaughter'.

Isaiah 47:8 Parallel

In Isaiah 47:8, Babylon's self-indulgent security and pride are condemned, paralleling James' warning to the rich.

Isaiah 22:13 depicts feasting before judgment — 'eat and drink, for tomorrow we die' — directly paralleling James's 'day of slaughter'.

Isaiah 5:12 Parallel

In Isaiah 5:12, feasters ignore God's deeds, just as James' rich fatten themselves unaware of coming slaughter.

Psalm 73:7 Parallel

In Psalm 73:7, the wicked's eyes bulge with fatness and they have more than heart could wish—a vivid parallel to self-indulgent luxury.

Psalm 17:14 Parallel

In Psalm 17:14, those whose portion is in this life are fattened by God's bounty yet remain worldly, echoing James' 'fattened hearts'.

In 1 Samuel 25:36, Nabal's lavish feast and drunkenness mirror the self-indulgence James condemns, showing reckless living before judgment.

Jeremiah 5:28 uses 'grown fat' for the wicked who ignore the needy — same image as 'fattened hearts' in James condemning oppression.

Jeremiah 12:3 uses 'day of slaughter' for the wicked's judgment — parallels James' metaphor of fattened hearts for slaughter.

Amos 6:1 Parallel

Amos 6:1 warns the complacent who feel secure – echoing James' charge of living in luxury while fattening hearts for slaughter.

2 Timothy 3:4 lists 'lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God' – a direct parallel to James' condemnation of living in luxury.

Jude 1:12 Parallel

Jude 1:12 describes false teachers who feast without fear, caring only for themselves – echoing James' critique of self-indulgent behavior.

Proverbs 1:32 warns that complacency destroys the simple — akin to James's warning that self-indulgence leads to slaughter.

Romans 13:13 warns against sensuality and revelry — mirroring James's condemnation of luxury and self-indulgence.

1 Timothy 5:6 says the pleasure-seeking widow is dead while alive – similar to James' warning that self-indulgence leads to spiritual death.

Hebrews 11:25 chooses suffering over sin's pleasures — contrasts with the rich in James who indulge in luxury.