Charles Ellicott Commentary James 5:2

"Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten." — James 5:2 (ASV)

Your riches are corrupted . . .—As expanded in the eloquent gloss of Bishop Wordsworth, “Your wealth is mouldering in corruption, and your garments, stored up in vain superfluity, have become moth-eaten: although they may still glitter brightly in your eyes, and may dazzle people by their brilliance, yet they are in fact already cankered; they are loathsome in God’s sight; the Divine anger has breathed upon them and blighted them; they are already withered and blasted.” .