James 1:9 · KJV
“Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: {rejoice: or, glory}”
— James 1:9
A double minded man {is} unstable in all his ways.
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
James 1 — Context
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8A double minded man {is} unstable in all his ways.
9Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: {rejoice: or, glory}
10But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
11For 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.
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:23-24
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise {man} glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty {man} glory in his might, let not the rich {man} glory in his riches:
James 2:5-6
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? {of the: or, of that}
Proverbs 19:1
Better {is} the poor that walketh in his integrity, than {he that is} perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
2 Corinthians 6:10
As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and {yet} possessing all things.
Psalms 113:7-8
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, {and} lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
Psalms 62:9
Surely men of low degree {are} vanity, {and} men of high degree {are} a lie: to be laid in the balance, they {are} altogether {lighter} than vanity. {altogether: or, alike}
Revelation 2:9
I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and {I know} the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but {are} the synagogue of Satan.
Luke 1:52
He hath put down the mighty from {their} seats, and exalted them of low degree.