James 1:10

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James 1:10

But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

In

1 Timothy 6:17

Because

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Bible References

In

"For this is what the high and lofty One says, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "He lives in the height and in holiness, and also with the one who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

All these things my hand has made, and so all these things came into being," declares the LORD. "But this is the one to whom I will look favorably: to the one who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at my message.

"How blessed are those who are destitute in spirit, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to them!

What is more, I continue to consider all these things to be a loss for the sake of what is far more valuable, knowing the Messiah Jesus, my Lord. It is because of him that I have experienced the loss of all those things. Indeed, I consider them rubbish in order to gain the Messiah

Tell those who are rich in this age not to be arrogant and not to place their confidence in anything as uncertain as riches. Instead, let them place their confidence in God, who lavishly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

Because

You do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

He springs up like a flower and then withers. Like a shadow, he disappears and doesn't last.

Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.

You will sweep them away while they are asleep by morning they are like growing grass.

My life is like a declining shadow, and I am withering like a plant.

A person's life is like grass it blossoms like wild flowers,

A voice says, "Cry out!" So I asked, "What am I to cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field.

Now if that is the way God clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and thrown into an oven tomorrow, won't he clothe you much better you who have little faith?

and those who use the things in the world as though they were not dependent on them. For the world in its present form is passing away.

For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,

And the world and its desires are fading away, but the person who does God's will remains forever.

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While they are still green and not yet ready to be harvested, they wither before any plant.

Indeed, they soon will wither like grass, and like green herbs they will fade away.

both average people and those of means, the rich and the poor together.

"The person who boasts should boast in the Lord."