James 1:10 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁰But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

James 1:10 —

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1 Peter 1:24
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
1 John 2:17
And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Job 14:2
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
1 Timothy 6:17
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 2-12)

We now come to consider the matter of this epistle. In this paragraph we have the following things to be observed:— I. The suffering state of Christians in this world is represented, and that in a very instructive manner, if we attend to what is plainly and necessarily implied, together with what is fully expressed. 1. It is implied that troubles and afflictions may be the lot of the best Christia…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 10)

9-10. Translate, “But let the brother,” &c. that is, the best remedy against double-mindedness is that Christian simplicity of spirit whereby the “brother,” low in outward circumstances, may “rejoice” (answering to Jas 1:2) “in that he is exalted,” namely, by being accounted a son and heir of God, his very sufferings being a pledge of his coming glory and crown (Jas 1:12), and the rich may rejoice…