Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Flowers » Illustrative of » Rich men
and the rich in that he is made low. For even as the flower of the grass shall he vanish away. The sun riseth with heat, and the grass withereth and his flower falleth away, and the beauty of the fashion of it perisheth: even so shall the rich man perish with his abundance.
Grass » Figurative
The same voice spake, "Now cry." And I said, "What shall I cry?" Then spake it, "That all flesh is grass, and that all the beauty thereof, is as the flower of the field.
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man is as the flower of grass; the grass is withered, and the flower falleth away,
and the rich in that he is made low. For even as the flower of the grass shall he vanish away. The sun riseth with heat, and the grass withereth and his flower falleth away, and the beauty of the fashion of it perisheth: even so shall the rich man perish with his abundance.
As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as asleep, and fade away suddenly like the grass. In the morning it is green and groweth up; but in the evening it is cut down, dried up, and withered.
Meteorology » Heat
Neither shall sowing time and harvest, cold, and heat, summer and winter, day and night cease, as long as the earth endureth."
And the LORD appeared unto him in the oak grove of Mamre as he sat in his tent door in the heat of the day.
And when ye se the south wind blow, ye say, 'We shall have heat,' and it cometh to pass.
The sun riseth with heat, and the grass withereth and his flower falleth away, and the beauty of the fashion of it perisheth: even so shall the rich man perish with his abundance.
Riches » Cannot secure prosperity
The sun riseth with heat, and the grass withereth and his flower falleth away, and the beauty of the fashion of it perisheth: even so shall the rich man perish with his abundance.
The sun » The rays of » Wither and burn up the herbs of the field
The sun riseth with heat, and the grass withereth and his flower falleth away, and the beauty of the fashion of it perisheth: even so shall the rich man perish with his abundance.
but as soon as the sun was up, it caught heat: and because it had not rooting it withered away.