James 1:10

but a rich man should rejoice in being brought low, for like flowers among the herbage rich men will pass away.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

9Let a brother in humble life rejoice when raised to a higher position;

11The sun rises with his scorching heat and dries up the herbage, so that its flowers drop off and the beauty of its appearance perishes, and in the same way rich men with all their prosperity will fade away.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:3"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens.

1 Corinthians 7:31and those who use the world as not using it to the full. For the world as it now exists 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 →

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