James 1:10

Contemporary English Version 1995

But any who are rich should be glad when God makes them humble. Rich people will disappear like wild flowers

Cross References

1 Peter 1:24

The Scriptures say, “Humans wither like grass, and their glory fades like wild flowers. Grass dries up, and flowers fall to the ground.

1 John 2:17

The world and the desires it causes are disappearing. But if we obey God, we will live forever.

Job 14:2

We are flowers that fade and shadows that vanish.

1 Timothy 6:17

Warn the rich people of this world not to be proud or to trust in wealth that is easily lost. Tell them to have faith in God, who is rich and blesses us with everything we need to enjoy life.

Matthew 5:3

God blesses those people who depend only on him. They belong to the kingdom of heaven!

1 Corinthians 7:31

It won't make any difference how much good you are getting from this world or how much you like it. This world as we know it is now passing away.

Psalm 103:15

We humans are like grass or wild flowers that quickly bloom.

James 4:14

What do you know about tomorrow? How can you be so sure about your life? It is nothing more than mist that appears for only a little while before it disappears.

Matthew 6:30

God gives such beauty to everything that grows in the fields, even though it is here today and thrown into a fire tomorrow. God will surely do even more for you! Why do you have such little faith?

Isaiah 66:2

I have made everything; that's how it all came to be. I, the Lord, have spoken. The people I treasure most are the humble— they depend only on me and tremble when I speak.

Isaiah 40:6

Someone told me to shout, and I asked, “What should I shout?” We humans are merely grass, and we last no longer than wild flowers.

Philippians 3:8

Nothing is as wonderful as knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. I have given up everything else and count it all as garbage. All I want is Christ

Isaiah 57:15

Our holy God lives forever in the highest heavens, and this is what he says: Though I live high above in the holy place, I am here to help those who are humble and depend only on me.

Psalm 102:11

My life fades like a shadow at the end of day and withers like grass.

Psalm 37:2

They will soon disappear like grass without rain.

Psalm 39:6

and it disappears like a shadow. Our struggles are senseless; we store up more and more, without ever knowing who will get it all.

Isaiah 40:7

At the Lord's command, flowers and grass disappear, and so do we.