James 1:11

Just as the scorching sun withers grass and its flower, so the rich person will fade away amid his pursuits. Wealth and the life built on it are perishable.

Cross-references · 20

• Isa 40:7–8The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
• Ps 37:35–36I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
• Luke 16:19–25Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
• Mark 4:6But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
• Ps 49:6–14They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
• Jas 5:1–7Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
• Luke 12:16–21Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
• Matt 13:6But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
• 1 Pet 5:4And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
• Eccl 5:15As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
• Ps 73:18–20Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
• 1 Cor 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.
• Ps 102:4My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
• Job 21:24–30His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
• 1 Pet 1:4and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
• Ps 102:11My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
• Isa 28:1Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
• Isa 49:10They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
• Jonah 4:7–8When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
• Isa 28:4The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.

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