James 1:11

God's Word

The sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up plants. The flowers drop off, and the beauty is gone. The same thing will happen to rich people. While they are busy, they will die.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:46

Foreigners will lose heart, although they are armed in their fortifications.

Psalm 102:11

My days are like a shadow that is getting longer, and I wither away like grass.

Psalm 102:4

My heart is beaten down and withered like grass because I have forgotten about eating.

Psalm 103:15

Human life is as short-lived as grass. It blossoms like a flower in the field.

Psalm 37:2

They will quickly dry up like grass and wither away like green plants.

Psalm 39:6

Each person who walks around is like a shadow. They are busy for no reason. They accumulate riches without knowing who will get them.”

Psalm 90:6

In the morning they blossom and sprout. In the evening they wither and dry up.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

They came from their mother’s womb naked. They will leave as naked as they came. They won’t even be able to take a handful of their earnings with them from all their hard work.

Isaiah 28:1

How horrible it will be for the arrogant drunks of Ephraim. Their glorious beauty is ⌞like⌟ a withered flower. They are at the entrance to a fertile valley where they lie drunk from wine.

Isaiah 28:4

Their glorious beauty is ⌞like⌟ a withered flower. They are at the entrance to a fertile valley. They will be like figs that ripened early. As soon as someone sees them, they will be taken and eaten.

Isaiah 49:10

They will never be hungry or thirsty, nor will the sun or the burning, hot wind strike them. The one who has compassion on them will lead them and guide them to springs.

Matthew 13:6

But when the sun came up, they were scorched. They withered because their roots weren’t deep enough.

Matthew 20:12

They said, ‘These last workers have worked only one hour. Yet, you’ve treated us all the same, even though we worked hard all day under a blazing sun.’

Matthew 6:30

That’s the way God clothes the grass in the field. Today it’s alive, and tomorrow it’s thrown into an incinerator. So how much more will he clothe you people who have so little faith?

Mark 4:6

When the sun came up, they were scorched. They didn’t have any roots, so they withered.

1 Corinthians 7:31

Those who use the things in this world should do so but not depend on them. It is clear that this world in its present form is passing away.

1 Peter 1:4

We have been born into a new life which has an inheritance that can’t be destroyed or corrupted and can’t fade away. That inheritance is kept in heaven for you,

1 Peter 5:4

Then, when the chief shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.