James 1:10 - American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ but the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ And the rich [person ought to glory] in being humbled [by being shown his human frailty], because like the flower of the grass he will pass away.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Those who are wealthy should find satisfaction in their low status, because they will die off like wildflowers.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ and a rich one, in his humiliation, for he will pass away like the flower of the grass.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ And the rich, in his being low; because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away.

English Standard Version 2016

¹⁰ and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.

James 1:10 Tagairtí Cros

Job 14:2

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Psalm 102:11

My days are like a shadow that declineth; And I am withered like grass.

Psalm 103:15

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

Psalm 37:2

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.

Psalm 39:6

Surely every man walketh in a vain show; Surely they are disquieted in vain: He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Isaiah 40:6

The voice of one saying, Cry. And one said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field.

Isaiah 40:7

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the breath of Jehovah bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 66:2

For all these things hath my hand made, and so all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth 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 doth so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

1 Corinthians 7:31

and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

Philippians 3:8

Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ,

1 Timothy 6:17

Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

James 4:14

whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

1 Peter 1:24

For, All flesh is as grass, And all the glory thereof as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower falleth:

1 John 2:17

And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.