James 1:10

New American Standard Bible 2020

but the rich person is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away.

Cross References

Job 14:2

“Like a flower he comes out and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

Psalm 102:11

My days are like a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass.

Psalm 103:15

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

Psalm 37:2

For they will wither quickly like the grass, And decay like the green plants.

Psalm 39:6

“Certainly every person walks around as a fleeting shadow; They certainly make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

Isaiah 40:6

A voice says, “Call out.” Then he answered, “What shall I call out?” All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.

Isaiah 40:7

The grass withers, the flower fades, When the breath of the Lord blows upon it; The people are indeed grass!

Isaiah 57:15

For this is what the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 66:2

“For My hand made all these things, So all these things came into being,” declares the Lord. “But I will look to this one, At one who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at My word.

Matthew 5:3

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

Matthew 6:30

But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe 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 the present form of this world is passing away.

Philippians 3:8

More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them mere rubbish, so that I may gain Christ,

1 Timothy 6:17

Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to set their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy.

James 4:14

Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. For you are just a vapor that appears for a little while, and then vanishes away.

1 Peter 1:24

For, “All flesh is like grass, And all its glory is like the flower of grass. The grass withers, And the flower falls off,

1 John 2:17

The world is passing away and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God continues to live forever.