For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits. Cross References Psalm 37:2For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants. Psalm 39:6 Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away. Psalm 90:6 in the morning it springs up new; by evening it fades and withers. Psalm 102:4 My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread. Psalm 102:11 My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass. Psalm 103:15 As for man, his days are like grass--he blooms like a flower of the field; Isaiah 40:7 The grass withers, the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. Matthew 6:30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Matthew 20:12 These men who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, 'and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.' Chapter Outline 1. James greets the twelve tribes among the nations;2. exhorts to rejoice in trials and temptations; 5. to ask patience of God; 13. and in our trials not to impute our weakness, or sins, to him, 19. but rather to hearken to the word, to meditate on it, and to do thereafter. 26. Otherwise men may seem, but never be, truly religious. Jump to Previous Appearance Arises Beauty Blossom Burning Destroyed Dries Drop Fade Falleth Falls Fashion Flower Flowers Goes Grace Grass Heat Herbage Midst Perishes Perisheth Plant Pursuits Rich Risen Scorching Sooner Sun Thereof Way Ways Wind Withereth WithersJump to Next Appearance Arises Beauty Blossom Burning Destroyed Dries Drop Fade Falleth Falls Fashion Flower Flowers Goes Grace Grass Heat Herbage Midst Perishes Perisheth Plant Pursuits Rich Risen Scorching Sooner Sun Thereof Way Ways Wind Withereth Withers |
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