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 shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he that has mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

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

And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

So

Come now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

Surely you did set them in slippery places: you cast them down into destruction.

As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing from his labor, which he may carry away in his hand.

Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which is on the head of the rich valleys of them that are overcome with wine!

The grass withers, the flower fades: because the breath of the LORD blows upon it: surely the people are grass.

And he spoke a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and feasted sumptuously every day:

And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passes away.

To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in heaven for you,

And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away.

General references

While it is yet green, and not cut down, it withers before any other plant.

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

Both low and high, rich and poor, together.