James 1:10
while the rich should “boast” in the humble position they now have, since they will fade away like flowers in the field.
Free Bible 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
9Believers who are born poor should take pride in the high position they've been given,
Cross References
Psalms 37:2For like grass, they will quickly dry up; like plants, they will soon wither away.
Psalms 90:5You bring people's lives to a sudden end, like dreams that vanish. They are like grass that grows up in the morning—
Psalms 103:15Human lifetimes are like grass: we blossom like flowers in a field,
Isaiah 57:15This is what the one who is high above all says, he who lives in eternity, whose name is holy: I live in a high and holy place, together with those who repent and who act humbly, restoring their spirits and encouraging them.
Matthew 5:3“Blessed are those who recognize they are spiritually poor, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
1 Corinthians 7:31and those who are engaged with the world as if it is not fulfilling—for the present world order is passing 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 →