Jas 1:11
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
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The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people {is} grass.
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. {a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil}
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Go to now, {ye} rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon {you}.
And they that use this world, as not abusing {it}: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, {for you: or, for us}
His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. {breasts: or, milk pails}
As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
My days {are} like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
And the glorious beauty, which {is} on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, {and} as the hasty fruit before the summer; which {when} he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. {eateth: Heb. swalloweth}
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty {is} a fading flower, which {are} on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! {overcome: Heb. broken}
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Favour {is} deceitful, and beauty {is} vain: {but} a woman {that} feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Go to now, {ye} rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon {you}.
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all {other}, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. {are gone: Heb. are not} {taken...: Heb. closed up}
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, {for you: or, for us}
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. {Labour not: or, Work not}
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth.
In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Doth not their excellency {which is} in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.
The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. {strangers: Heb. sons of the stranger}
I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: {there shall be} no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and {the things that} I have given them shall pass away from them.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;
Saying, These last have wrought {but} one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. {have wrought...: or, have continued one hour only}
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that {would come} from thence.
And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.