James 5:1-6
Warning to Rich Oppressors
1 Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3 Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 5 You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of slaughter.6 You have condemned and murdered innocent men, who were not opposing you.
St. James sounds like one of the Old Testament Prophets in pleading and warning the rich people...He warns those who oppress and are unjust to others, as well as those who have lived in luxury and over-indulged themselves are have forgotten the poor and the needy...People's riches and possessions can become corrupt if they do not use them wisely...The rich and others should not condemn and murder and be unjust to innocent men...We cannot serve two masters, material wealth, often gets in the way of us seeking the LORD...