James 1:11
For the sun hath sprung up, with it scorching heat, and hath withered the grass, and, the flower thereof, hath fallen out, and, the beauty of the face thereof, hath perished,—so, also the rich, in his goings, shall languish.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
10Whereas the rich, in his being brought low,—because, as a flower of grass, he will pass away;
Cross References
2 Samuel 22:46The sons of the foreigner, were disheartened, and came quaking, out of their fortresses.
Psalms 37:35I have seen a lawless man, a tyrant, and spreading himself out, like a cedar in Lebanon;
Psalms 73:18Surely, in slippery places, dost thou set them,—Thou hast suffered them to fall into places of danger.
Psalms 102:11My days, are like a shadow extended, And, I, as green herbage, do wither.
Isaiah 28:1Alas! for the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, And for his fading wreath of majestic beauty,—Which is on the head of the fertile valley, of them who are overcome with wine.
Isaiah 40:7The grass hath withered The flower hath faded, Because, the breath of Yahweh, hath blown 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 →