11For 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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Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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. …
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: …
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; …
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
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…
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