A moment in scripture
James 1:10
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But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
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The surrounding passage
- James 1:8
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
- James 1:9
Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
- James 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.
- James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.