For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.
I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor.
But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches.
Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.
But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.
and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to ca
My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing a
Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above
The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before
My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will