James 1:10 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁰ Believers who are rich should be glad when bad things happen that make them humble. Why? Because even rich people will die as quickly as wild flowers:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ And the rich [person ought to glory] in being humbled [by being shown his human frailty], because like the flower of the grass he will pass away.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Those who are wealthy should find satisfaction in their low status, because they will die off like wildflowers.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ and a rich one, in his humiliation, for he will pass away like the flower of the grass.

James 1:10 Cross References

Job 14:2

Man’s life is like a flower. He grows quickly, and then dies away. Man’s life is like a shadow that is here for a short time, and then it is gone.

Psalm 102:11

My life is almost finished,\par like the long shadows\par at the end of the day.\par I am like dry and dying grass.\par

Psalm 103:15

God knows our lives are short.\par He knows our lives are like grass.\par

Psalm 37:2

Evil people are like grass and green plants\par that quickly turn brown and die.\par

Psalm 39:6

Our life is like an image \{in a mirror\}. {\cf2\super [239]} \par We rush through life collecting things,\par but we don’t know who will get them\par \{after we die\}.\par

Isaiah 40:6

A voice said,\par “Speak!”\par So the man said,\par “What should I say?”\par The voice said,\par “People \{don't live forever;\par they\} are all like grass.\par Their goodness is like a wildflower.\par

Isaiah 40:7

A powerful wind from the Lord\par blows on the grass,\par and the grass dies\par and the wildflower falls.”\par

Isaiah 57:15

God is high and lifted up.\par God lives forever.\par God’s name is holy.\par God says:\par I live in a high and holy place,\par but also with people that are\par sad and humble.\par I will give new life to the people\par that are humble in spirit.\par I will give new life to the people\par that are sad in their hearts.\par

Isaiah 66:2

I myself made all things.\par All things are here because I made them.”\par The Lord himself said these things.\par “Tell me, what people do I care for?\par I care for the poor people.\par I care for the people that are very sad.\par I care for people that obey my words.\par

Matthew 5:3

“What great blessings there are for the people that \{know they\} have spiritual needs!\par The kingdom of heaven belongs to them.\par

Matthew 6:30

God clothes the grass in the field like that. That grass is living today, but tomorrow it is thrown into the fire to be burned. So you know that God will clothe you much more. Don’t have so little faith!

1 Corinthians 7:31

People who use the things of the world should live like those things are not important to them. You should live like this, because this world, the way it is now, will soon be gone.

Philippians 3:8

Not only those things, but now I think that all things are worth nothing compared with the greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Christ, I lost all those things \{I thought were important\}. And now I know that all those things are worthless trash. This allows me to have Christ.

1 Timothy 6:17

Give this command to the people who are rich with the things this world has. Tell them not to be proud. Tell those rich people to hope in God, not their money. Money cannot be trusted. But God takes care of us richly. He gives us everything to enjoy.

James 4:14

You don’t know what will happen tomorrow! Your life is like a fog. You can see it for a short time, but then it goes away.

1 Peter 1:24

The Scripture {\cf2\super [12]} says,

1 John 2:17

The world is passing away. And all the things that people want in the world are passing away. But the person who does what God wants lives forever.