James 1:11
For the sun rose up with the burning heat, and withered the grass. And the flower of it fell, and the beauty of its appearance perished. So also the rich man will fade away among his pursuits.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
10but the rich in his lowliness, because as a flower of grass he will pass away.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:46The foreigners shall fade away, and shall come trembling out of their hiding places.
Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked man in great power, and spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
Psalms 73:18Surely thou set them in slippery places. Thou cast them down to destruction.
Psalms 102:11My days are like a shadow that declines, and I am withered like grass.
Isaiah 28:1Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of those who are overcome with wine!
Isaiah 40:7The grass withers, the flower fades, because the breath of LORD blows upon it. Surely the people is grass.
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 →