Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Flowers » Illustrative of » Rich men
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun hath no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and its flower falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Grass » Figurative
The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all its goodliness is as the flower of the field:
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and its flower falleth away:
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun hath no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and its flower falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep; in the morning they are like grass which groweth. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Meteorology » Heat
While the earth remaineth, seed-time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
And the LORD appeared to him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
And when ye perceive the south wind blowing, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
For the sun hath no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and its flower falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
Riches » Cannot secure prosperity
For the sun hath no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and its flower falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
The sun » The rays of » Wither and burn up the herbs of the field
For the sun hath no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and its flower falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
But when the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.