James 1:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

Risen

So

General references

Job 8:12

Psalm 37:2

Psalm 49:2

Bible References

Risen

“They will not hunger or thirst,
Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down;
For He who has compassion on them will lead them,
And He will guide them to springs of water.

But God prepared a worm when morning dawned the next day, and it attacked the plant and it withered.

But when the sun rose, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

And when the sun came up, the plant was scorched; and because it had no root, it dried up and withered away.

So

Come [quickly] now, you rich [who lack true faith and hoard and misuse your resources], weep and howl over the miseries [the woes, the judgments] that are coming upon you.

His pails are full of milk [his sides are filled out with fat],
And the marrow of his bones is moist,

I have seen a wicked, violent man [with great power]
Spreading and flaunting himself like a cedar in its native soil,

Even those who trust in and rely on their wealth
And boast of the abundance of their riches?

Surely You set the wicked-minded and immoral on slippery places;
You cast them down to destruction.

As he came naked from his mother’s womb, so he will return as he came; and he will take away nothing from all his labor that he can carry in his hand.

Woe (judgment is coming) to [Samaria] the splendid crown of the drunkards of Ephraim,
And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty,
Which is at the head of the rich valley
Of those who are overcome with wine!

The grass withers, the flower fades,
When the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Most certainly [all] the people are [like] grass.

Then He told them a parable, saying, “There was a rich man whose land was very fertile and productive.

“Now there was a certain rich man who was habitually dressed in expensive purple and fine linen, and celebrated and lived joyously in splendor every day.

and those who use the world [taking advantage of its opportunities], as though they did not make full use of it. For the outward form of this world [its present social and material nature] is passing away.

[born anew] into an inheritance which is imperishable [beyond the reach of change] and undefiled and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

And when the Chief Shepherd (Christ) appears, you will receive the [conqueror’s] unfading crown of glory.

General references

“While it is still green (in flower) and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other plant [when without water].

For they will wither quickly like the grass,
And fade like the green herb.

Both low and high,
Rich and poor together: