Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
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James 1:10
but a rich man should rejoice in being brought low, for like flowers among the herbage rich men will pass away.
James 4:14
when, all the while, you do not even know what will happen to-morrow. For what is the nature of your life? Why, it is but a mist, which appears for a short time and then is seen no more.
1 Peter 1:24
"All mankind resemble the herbage, and all their beauty is like its flowers. The herbage dries up, and its flowers drop off;