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10 and the rich in having been humbled, because the rich will disappear like a flower in the field.(A)

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10 But the rich should take pride in their humiliation—since they will pass away like a wild flower.(A)

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24 For

“All flesh is like grass
    and all its glory like the flower of grass.
The grass withers,
    and the flower falls,(A)

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24 For,

“All people are like grass,
    and all their glory is like the flowers of the field;
the grass withers and the flowers fall,

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17 And the world and its desire[a] are passing away, but those who do the will of God abide forever.(A)

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  1. 2.17 Or the desire for it

17 The world and its desires pass away,(A) but whoever does the will of God(B) lives forever.

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    comes up like a flower and withers,
    flees like a shadow and does not last.(A)

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They spring up like flowers(A) and wither away;(B)
    like fleeting shadows,(C) they do not endure.(D)

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17 As for those who in the present age are rich, command them not to be haughty or to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches but rather on God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.(A)

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17 Command those who are rich(A) in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth,(B) which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God,(C) who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.(D)

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“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(A)

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“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(A)

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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.(A)

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31 those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.(A)

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15 As for mortals, their days are like grass;
    they flourish like a flower of the field;(A)

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15 The life of mortals is like grass,(A)
    they flourish like a flower(B) of the field;

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14 Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(A)

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14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(A)

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30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?

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30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?(A)

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All these things my hand has made,
    so all these things are mine,[a]
            says the Lord.
But this is the one to whom I will look,
    to the humble and contrite in spirit
    who trembles at my word.(A)

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  1. 66.2 Gk Syr: Heb these things came to be

Has not my hand made all these things,(A)
    and so they came into being?”
declares the Lord.

“These are the ones I look on with favor:
    those who are humble and contrite in spirit,(B)
    and who tremble at my word.(C)

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A voice says, “Cry out!”
    And I said,[a] “What shall I cry?”
All flesh is grass;
    their constancy is like the flower of the field.(A)

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  1. 40.6 Q ms Gk Vg: MT and he said

A voice says, “Cry out.”
    And I said, “What shall I cry?”

“All people are like grass,(A)
    and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.

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You sweep them away; they are like a dream,
    like grass that is renewed in the morning;(A)
in the morning it flourishes and is renewed;
    in the evening it fades and withers.(B)

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Yet you sweep people away(A) in the sleep of death—
    they are like the new grass of the morning:
In the morning it springs up new,
    but by evening it is dry and withered.(B)

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