Cross references

James 1:11

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.

James 1:11 BSB

James 1:11 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 40:7–8 (12 votes) and Psalm 37:35–36 (9 votes). 48 other verses point back to it. It links with 19 other books, from 2 Samuel 22 to Revelation 8.

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Which verses does James 1:11 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”

  2. I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree, yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.

  3. Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores …

  4. Mark 4:64 votes

    But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

  5. They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. No man can possibly redeem his brother or pay his ransom to God. …

  6. Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. …

  7. But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

  8. Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’ …

  9. His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow. Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity. …

  10. Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! …

Which verses point to James 1:11?

The 10 strongest of 48.