Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Flowers » Illustrative of » Rich men
but the one who is rich [should boast] in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a flower of the field. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will wither away while pursuing his activities.
Grass » Figurative
Another
“All humanity is grass,
and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.
For
All flesh is like grass,
and all its glory like a flower of the grass.
The grass withers, and the flower falls,
Verse Concepts
and all its glory
The grass withers, and the flower falls,
but the one who is rich [should boast] in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a flower of the field. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will wither away while pursuing his activities.
You end their life; they sleep. They are like grass that grows in the morning- in the morning it sprouts and grows; by evening it withers and dries up.
Meteorology » Heat
seedtime and harvest, cold and heat,
summer and winter, and day and night
will not cease.”
Then the Lord appeared to Abraham at the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting in the entrance of his tent during the heat of the day.
Verse Concepts
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will wither away while pursuing his activities.
Riches » Cannot secure prosperity
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will wither away while pursuing his activities.
The sun » The rays of » Wither and burn up the herbs of the field
For the sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will wither away while pursuing his activities.