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 never be hungry or thirsty. The sun and the burning hot wind will not strike them. The one who has compassion on them will lead them and guide them to springs.

The next morning God prepared a worm and it attacked the plant and it withered.

When they grew, the sun scorched them, and because they had no root they withered and died.

it became scorched when the sun came up. Then it withered because it had no root.

So

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.

His loins are full of milk and the marrow of his bones is moist.

I have seen a wicked, violent man spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

They trust their riches and brag about their abundant wealth.

Surely you set them in slippery places. You threw them down into destruction.

We entered this world with nothing and naked and we will leave this world with nothing and naked.

Woe to the proud drunks who wear the crown of Ephraim for it is doomed! Its glory is fading like the crowns of flowers on their heads. They are at the entrance of a fertile valley. They are drunk from wine.

The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of Jehovah blows on them. Surely the people are grass.

He spoke an illustration to them: The land of a rich man produced well.

A rich man dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived in great luxury every day.

Those who use this world should not abuse it, for the fashion of this world is passing away.

You are born to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that does not fade away and is reserved in heaven for you.

When the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.

General references

While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.

They will quickly dry up like grass and whither away like green plants.

Listen you common people and important ones, rich people and poor ones.