"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."
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His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
For when the sun comes up with its burning heat, the grass gets dry and the grace of its form is gone with the falling flower; so the man of wealth comes to nothing in his ways.
For the sun has risen with its burning heat, and has withered the grass, and its flower has fallen, and the comeliness of its look has perished: thus the rich also shall wither in his goings.
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.
For the sun hath no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and its flower falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in it falls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!