James 1:11

Holman Christian Standard Bible

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and dries up the grass; its flower falls off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will wither away while pursuing his activities.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:46

Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their fortifications.

Psalm 102:11

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

Psalm 102:4

My heart is afflicted, withered like grass; I even forget to eat my food.

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.

Psalm 90:6

in the morning it sprouts and grows; by evening it withers and dries up.

Ecclesiastes 5:15

As he came from his mother’s womb, so he will go again, naked as he came; he will take nothing for his efforts that he can carry in his hands.

Isaiah 28:1

Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, and to the fading flower of its beautiful splendor, which is on the summit above the rich valley. Woe to those overcome with wine.

Isaiah 28:4

The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, which is on the summit above the rich valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest. Whoever sees it will swallow it while it is still in his hand.

Isaiah 49:10

They will not hunger or thirst, the scorching heat or sun will not strike them; for their compassionate One will guide them, and lead them to springs of water.

Matthew 13:6

But when the sun came up they were scorched, and since they had no root, they withered.

Matthew 20:12

‘These last men put in one hour, and you made them equal to us who bore the burden of the day and the burning heat! ’

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?

Mark 4:6

When the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it didn’t have a root, it withered.

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.

1 Peter 1:4

and into an inheritance that is imperishable, uncorrupted, and unfading, kept in heaven for you.

1 Peter 5:4

And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.