James 1:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.”
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“But the one who is rich should exult in his low position, because he will pass away like a flower of the field.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.”
King James Version · Public Domain“and the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the rich in his becoming low, because as a flower of grass he shall pass away;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo James 1:10 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 14:2Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.
- Psalms 37:2For they wither quickly like grass and wilt like tender plants.
- Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Psalms 90:5You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
- Psalms 102:11My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
- Psalms 103:15As for man, his days are like grass— he blooms like a flower of the field;
- Isaiah 40:6A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.
- Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
- Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
- Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 6:30If 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?
- 1 Corinthians 7:31and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
- Philippians 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
- 1 Timothy 6:17Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
- James 4:14You 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 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,
- 1 John 2:17The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
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