Theophylact of Ohrid, on Jas 5:1

“Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl in your miseries, which shall come upon you.”

“The thrift and stinginess of the rich often makes them weep. But the apostle makes them howl, that is, weep bitterly, because they heap up their wealth for corruption and do not distribute it to the poor, for wealth is preserved only when it is spent on the poor. Therefore the author of Proverbs also says: "Cast your bread upon the face of the waters" ("Send your bread upon the waters") (Eccl. 11:1), that is, upon seeming destruction and corruption. For this is what happens with bread cast upon the water: it does not perish, but by its dissolution provides us with refreshment — refreshment for the time when our tongue will be tormented in the flame there.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.