James 1:10

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Job 14:2

He comes forth like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and does not continue.

Psalm 102:11

My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.

Psalm 103:15

As for man, his days are like grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.

Psalm 37:2

For they will soon fade like the grass, and wither like the green herb.

Psalm 39:6

Surely every man walks around like a shadow; surely they make an uproar in vain; he heaps up riches, and does not know who will gather them.

Isaiah 40:6

The voice said, “Cry out.” And he said, “What shall I cry out?” All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is as the flower of the field.

Isaiah 40:7

The grass withers, the flower fades because the Spirit of the Lord blows upon it; surely the people are grass.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place and also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Isaiah 66:2

For My hand made all those things, thus all those things have come to be, says the Lord. But to this man I will look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at My word.

Matthew 5:3

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

Matthew 6:30

Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is here and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

1 Corinthians 7:31

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

Philippians 3:8

Yes, certainly, I count everything as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have forfeited the loss of all things and count them as rubbish that I may gain Christ,

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this world that they not be conceited, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who richly gives us all things to enjoy.

James 4:14

whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? It is just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

1 Peter 1:24

For “All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,

1 John 2:17

The world and its desires are passing away, but the one who does the will of God lives forever.