James 1:11

For the sun rose with its burning heat, and withered the grass, and its flower fell off, and the beauty of its appearance perished; so also will the rich man fade away in his ways.

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In The King James Version

For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

In Context

10but the rich, in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he will pass away.

12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he is approved, he will receive the crown of life, which He promised to them that love him.

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Cross References

Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked man in great power, And spreading himself like a green cedar;

Psalms 73:18Behold! thou hast set them on slippery places; Thou castest them down into unseen pits.

Psalms 102:11My life is like a declining shadow, And I wither like grass.

Isaiah 28:1Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, To the fading flower, his glorious beauty, At the head of the rich valley of a people stupefied with wine.

Isaiah 40:7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, When the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it. Truly 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 →

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