James 1:10

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 ¶ For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
  • 1 John 2:17 : 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
  • Job 14:2 : 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
  • 1 Cor 7:31 : 31 And they that use this world, as not abusing [it]: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things [but] loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [but] dung, that I may win Christ,
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
  • Ps 37:35-36 : 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, he [was] not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
  • Isa 57:15 : 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 ones.
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 For all those [things] hath mine hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith the LORD: but to this [man] will I look, [even] to [him that is] poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
  • Matt 5:3 : 3 ¶ ‹Blessed› [are] ‹the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.›
  • Matt 6:30 : 30 ‹Wherefore, if God 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?›
  • Ps 90:5-6 : 5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up. 6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
  • Ps 102:11 : 11 My days [are] like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
  • Ps 103:15 : 15 [As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
  • Isa 40:6 : 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh [is] grass, and all the goodliness thereof [is] as the flower of the field:
  • Ps 37:2 : 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

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