James 1:10

Holman Christian Standard Bible

but the one who is rich should boast in his humiliation because he will pass away like a flower of the field.

Cross References

Job 14:2

He blossoms like a flower, then withers; he flees like a shadow and does not last.

Psalm 102:11

My days are like a lengthening shadow, and I wither away like grass.

Psalm 103:15

As for man, his days are like grass — he blooms like a flower of the field;

Psalm 37:2

For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender green plants.

Psalm 39:6

“Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow. Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain, gathering possessions without knowing who will get them.

Isaiah 40:6

A voice was saying, “Cry out! ” Another said, “What should I cry out? ” “All humanity is grass, and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.

Isaiah 40:7

The grass withers, the flowers fade when the breath of the Lord blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.

Isaiah 57:15

For the High and Exalted One who lives forever, whose name is Holy says this: “I live in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the oppressed.

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made all these things, and so they all came into being. This is the Lord’s declaration. I will look favorably on this kind of person: one who is humble, submissive in spirit, and trembles at My word.

Matthew 5:3

“The poor in spirit are blessed, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Matthew 6:30

If that’s how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, won’t He do much more for you — you of little faith?

1 Corinthians 7:31

and those who use the world as though they did not make full use of it. For this world in its current form is passing away.

Philippians 3:8

More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

James 4:14

You don’t even know what tomorrow will bring — what your life will be! For you are like smoke that appears for a little while, then vanishes.

1 Peter 1:24

For All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like a flower of the grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,

1 John 2:17

And the world with its lust is passing away, but the one who does God’s will remains forever.