James 1:9-10

Testing of Your Faith

9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and r the rich in his humiliation, because s like a flower of the grass 1 he will pass away.

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:23
    Thus says the Lord : "Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 102:4
    My heart is struck down like grass and has withered; I forget to eat my bread.
    Psalms 102:11
    My days are like an evening shadow; I wither away like grass.
    1 Corinthians 7:31
    And those who deal with the world as though they had no dealings with it. For the present form of this world is passing away.
    1 Peter 1:24
    For "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls.
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