James 1:11
For the sun arises with the scorching wind and withers the grass; and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So the rich man will also fade away in his pursuits.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
10and the rich, in that he is made humble, because like the flower in the grass, he will pass away.
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:46The foreigners will fade away, and will come trembling out of their close places.
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.
Psalms 73:18Surely you set them in slippery places. You throw them down to destruction.
Psalms 102:11My days are like a long shadow. I have 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 fertile valley of those who are overcome with wine!
Isaiah 40:7The grass withers, the flower fades, because the LORD’s breath blows on it. Surely the people are like 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 →