Mazmur 90:5-6

90:5 You bring their lives to an end and they “fall asleep.”¹

In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up;

90:6 in the morning it glistens² and sprouts up;

at evening time it withers³ and dries up.

Yesaya 40:6-8

40:6 A voice says, “Cry out!”

Another asks,⁴ “What should I cry out?”

The first voice responds:⁵ “All people are like grass,⁶

and all their promises⁷ are like the flowers in the field.

40:7 The grass dries up,

the flowers wither,

when the wind sent by the Lord⁸ blows on them.

Surely humanity⁹ is like grass.

40:8 The grass dries up,

the flowers wither,

but the decree of our God is forever reliable.”¹⁰

Yesaya 51:12

51:12 “I, I am the one who consoles you.¹¹

Why are you afraid of mortal men,

of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass?¹²

Yakobus 1:10-11

1:10 But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.¹³ 1:11 For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever.¹⁴ So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.

Yakobus 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From James,¹⁵ a slave¹⁶ of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad.¹⁷ Greetings!

Pengkhotbah 1:1

Title

1:1 The words of the Teacher,¹⁸ the son¹⁹ of David, king²⁰ in Jerusalem:²¹