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 not hunger nor thirst; nor shall the heat nor sun strike them; for He who has mercy on them shall lead them; even by the springs of water He shall guide them.

But God prepared a worm as the morning dawned the next day. And it struck the plant, and it withered.

And the sun rising, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they withered away.

And when the sun rose, it was scorched. And because it had no root, it withered away.

So

Come now, rich ones, weep and howl for your hardships coming on.

His sides are full of milk, his bones are wet with marrow.

I have seen the wicked ruthless, and spreading himself like a luxuriant native tree.

Those who trust in their wealth, and their many riches, boast themselves.

Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down into ruin.

As he came forth from his mother's womb naked, he shall return to go as he came. And from his labor he may not carry anything that may go 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 fat valleys of those who are overcome with wine!

The grass withers, the flower fades, because the Spirit of Jehovah blows on it; surely the people is grass.

And He spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.

There was a certain rich man who was customarily clothed in purple and fine linen and making merry in luxury every day.

And they who use this world are as not abusing it, for the fashion of this world is passing away.

to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, and unfading, reserved in Heaven for you

And when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory.

General references

While it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it dries out before any other herb.

For they shall soon wither like the grass; and fade as the green herb.

both sons of mankind, and sons of man, rich and poor together;