James 1:11

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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 shall neither hunger, nor thirst, Nor shall smite them the glowing sand, or the glaring sun, - For, he that hath compassion upon them, will lead them, And unto springs of water, will he conduct them.

But God appointed a worm, at the uprisings of the dawn, the next day, - and it smote the gourd, that it withered.

and, the sun arising, it was scorched, and, because it had no root, it withered away;

and, when the sun arose, it was scorched, - and, by reason of its not having root, it was dried up;

So

Come now! ye wealthy! Weep ye, howling, for your hardships which are coming upon you:

His veins, are filled with nourishment, and, the marrow of his bones, is fresh;

I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;

As for them who are trusting in their wealth, - And, in the abundance of their riches, do boast themselves,

Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them, - Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.

As he came from his mother's womb, naked, he again departeth, as he came, - and, nothing, can he take of his toil, which he can carry in his hand.

Alas! for the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, And for his fading wreath of majestic beauty, - Which is on the head of the fertile valley, of them who are overcome with wine.

The grass hath withered The flower hath faded, Because, the breath of Yahweh, hath blown upon it! Surely the people is grass!

And he spake a parable unto them, saying - A certain rich man's estate, bare well.

Now, a certain man, was rich, and he used to clothe himself with purple and fine linen, making merry day by day, brilliantly.

And, they who use the world, as though they used it not to the full, - for the fashion of this world passeth away;

Unto an inheritance, incorruptible and undefiled and unfading, reserved in the heavens for you

And, when the Chief Shepherd is manifested, ye shall bear away, the unfading crown of glory.

General references

Though while still, in its freshness, it be not plucked off, yet, before any kind of grass, it doth wither:

For, like grass, soon shall they wither, and, like green herbage, shall they fade.

Both sons of the low, And sons of the high, - Together both rich and needy: -