James 1:10

New International Version

But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.

Cross References

Job 14:2

They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.

Psalm 102:11

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

Psalm 103:15

The life of mortals is like grass, they flourish like a flower of the field;

Psalm 37:2

for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plants they will soon die away.

Psalm 39:6

“Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be.

Isaiah 40:6

A voice says, “Cry out.” And I said, “What shall I cry?” “All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.

Isaiah 40:7

The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are grass.

Isaiah 57:15

For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy: “I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 66:2

Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?” declares the Lord. “These are the ones I look on with favor: those who are humble and contrite in spirit, and who tremble at my word.

Matthew 5:3

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

Matthew 6:30

If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?

1 Corinthians 7:31

those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

Philippians 3:8

What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ

1 Timothy 6:17

Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

James 4:14

Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

1 Peter 1:24

For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

1 John 2:17

The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.