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 be hungry or thirsty, and heat and sun shall not strike them, for he who takes pity on them will lead them, and he will guide them to springs of water.

So God appointed a worm {at daybreak} the next day, and it attacked the plant, and it withered.

But [when] the sun rose it was scorched, and because it did not have [enough] root, it withered.

And when the sun rose it was scorched, and because it did not have [enough] root, it withered.

So

Come now, you rich people, weep [and] cry aloud over the miseries that are coming upon you!

His vats are full [with] milk and the marrow of his bones is moist.

I have seen [the] wicked acting violently and spreading himself out like a luxuriant native tree.

those who trust their wealth and boast about the abundance of their riches?

Surely you set them on slippery places. You cause them to fall onto ruin.

Just as he came from his mother's womb naked, {he will depart} just as he came; he will take nothing with him for his toil.

Ah! The garland of the pride of the drunkards of Ephraim and [the] withering flower of the glory of his beauty, which [is] at [the] head of {the rich valley}, {ones overcome} with wine!

Grass withers; [the] flower withers when the breath of Yahweh blows on it. Surely the people [are] grass.

And he told a parable to them, saying, "The land of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.

"Now a certain man was rich, and dressed [in] purple cloth and fine linen, feasting sumptuously every day.

and those who make use of the world as [if they] do not make full use of [it]. For the present form of this world is passing away.

into an inheritance imperishable and undefiled and unfading, reserved in heaven for you

And [when] the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.

General references

While it [is] in its flower [and] is not plucked, yet it withers {before} all grass.

For like the grass they will dry up quickly, and like green vegetation they will wither.

both low and high, rich and poor together.