James 1:10
but the rich in his lowliness, because as a flower of grass he will pass away.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
In Context
9Now let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation,
Cross References
Psalms 37:2For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.
Psalms 90:5Thou carry them away as with a flood. They are as a sleep. In the morning they are like grass which grows up.
Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are as grass, as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Isaiah 57:15For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart o
Matthew 5:3Blessed are the poor in spirit, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.
1 Corinthians 7:31and those who use this world, as not making full use, for the form of this world passes away.
Matthew Henry on James 1:3-13
Necessity of Faith and Patience; Evil of Indecision. ( a. d. 61.) 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea… Read the whole commentary →